Thiox

One of my favorite projects from Carol Soderlund's class

was printing with Thiox in print paste.

I created a thermofax screen from a photo of a coneflower and used it in my printing.

I really like the texture.

It reminds me of a commercial batik.

The fabric on the left is the printed/discharged piece, and the fabric on the right is the original ice dyed fabric which I tore this piece off of.

I want to discharge the rest of the fabric!

 This piece was a fabric which I dyed by spreading the dye across with a big paint brush.  I didn't like it much but I am liking it even more with the discharged letters.

 I think I will throw some tangerine dye on top next.

 This is a piece I didn't like which I over-dyed with several blacks.  The color came out more purple than black.  I then used a circle thermofax screen and some 2 day old Thiox paste to put in a little texture.  The Thiox wasn't strong enough to take out all of the color but still did a great job of adding some interest to the piece.

 Here is another piece that I discharged at the same time as the purple piece above.

Not sure if this one is done yet.

I do really like it though.

This is a piece I discharged when the Thiox was fresh and then over-dyed to get the beautiful purples and pinks. 

Here's a close up.

We also learned to do Thiox immersion.

Here is Bev's piece which was first discharged with bleach, over-dyed, refolded and then put in the Thiox pot.  Awesome stuff!

More photos tomorrow!