Arresting Resists: Some Class Photos

Colored white school glue on glass palette for monoprinting

I thought I'd show you a small sampling of what we've been up to in my Arresting Resists class. Unfortunately, my camera's memory card decided to fill up just as I was taking some class photos on Wednesday. I should have plenty of more photos to share after next week's class (our last).

In the four sessions so far we've worked with different types of flour, cooked cereal, starches, leavening, gelatin, cooked sugars, syrup, glues and dishwashing liquid as fabric resists. Next week, we will be relief printing, stenciling and possibly screen printing with opaque fabric paints to add another layer of interest.

Monoprint with colored white school glue by Avital Oriol

Monoprints with colored white school glue by Avital Oriol

Assorted boards with resists drying

Floris Flam experimenting with dishwashing liquid and thermofaxes

Susan Prytherch hard at work

Cooked oatmeal paste applied with a bristle brush using thickened dye instead of fabric paint by Floris Flam

Blended oatmeal paste applied with lime half on previously dyed fabric. Second color using thickened dye by Floris Flam

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