Arresting Resists: A Few Fabric Samples

Uncooked Wheat Flour Paste: Block Printing Controlled Breach Technique

Today is the last session of Arresting Resists. The five weeks flew by and were packed with a selection of different resists that you can find in your kitchen. We've been so busy during class that I haven't always been able to pick up my camera and snap photos.

Susan Prytherch let me borrow a few samples to photograph at home this week. She has a nice selection of some of the resists we worked on during the first couple of sessions.

Cooked Wheat Flour Paste: Printed and Rubbing over Painted Fabric Design

Cooked Cornmeal Paste: Sampler on Cotton Fabric

Cooked Cornmeal Paste: Sampler on Silk

Matzoh Paste: Rubbing on Silk

Matzoh Paste: Sampler on Cotton

Cooked Rice Paste: Spread and Draw Designs on Cotton

Cooked Rice Paste: Sampler on Silk

Today I'm determined to take lots of photos. I really want a good record of what we've done...especially if I'm going to get my future book published!

Don't forget: Tomorrow is the first installment of the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge. We are starting with the color red. You still have time to play with  Jennifer and me. Let us know and we will link to your blog, website or Flickr page. This is going to be fun! Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Arresting Resists: The Week Ahead

Blended Oatmeal Resist: Spoon Dribbles and Crackle Technique

As I am still waiting for my camera to arrive, I thought I'd post some photos of the resists we will be covering this week in my Arresting Resists class.

In addition to Matzoh (see Playing in the Kitchen: Matzoh Resist series), we will be spending time playing with:

Cooked Rice Flour

Cooked Rice Flour: Applied with plastic wrap and Scratch Technique

Cooked Cornmeal

Cooked Cornmeal: Crackle Technique and Rubbing

Cooked Grits

Cooked Grits: Resist applied with bristle brushes

and two Oatmeal recipes...

Cooked Oatmeal: Applied with bristle brush and printed with a lemon

Blended Oatmeal: Applied with plastic wrap and Scratch Technique

Blended Oatmeal: Applied with bristle brush and printed

You'll never look at breakfast the same way again.

Layers of Color

A thoughtful day of remembrance…especially since I live so close to D.C. It is painful to watch some of the ceremonies. I am just hearing President Obama give his talk tonight..very uplifting.

I’ve spent time today in the studio, finally, completing some of the color samples of resists. I’ve been doing two layers of resists on each fabric, using the same resist but different techniques. For example, on one piece I used a bristle brush to apply the resist, let that dry, then applied a wash of fabric paint, set the paint, removed the resist then added another layer of resist using print blocks, more paint, again setting the paint and finally removing the resist. Below are some of the 8” x 12” color samples:

Two samples of oatmeal resist and one of cornmeal resist

One sample of glue stick as a resist, the other of uncooked wheat flour paste

Controlled "breach" printing with uncooked wheat flour paste

One sample of cooked wheat flour paste, the other, uncooked wheat flour paste