Lino And Transfer Printing

The third session with Tom in Textiles was all about Lino and Transfer printing. It was a lovely messy very involved evening and the four hours just flew by. However personally I wasn't as taken with the transfer printing as I was with the lino printing style.
Transfer printing involves the layering technique. Simply paint a pattern/picture/text etc onto a sheet of newsprint paper using transfer print paint, then dry it with the hairdryer. Next take a piece of material and place the paper over the material, ironing over the top. This transfers the image from the paper onto the material. The newsprint design may be used again although will not be so strong in colour after a few attempts.
However many images and prints may be used over the same piece of material. Simply paint a new design on a separate piece of newsprint paper, then repeat the drying and ironing method.
Lino printing was extremely enjoyable and involved a foam printing board, fabric paint, a roller, newsprint paper and iron. First make your design by etching shapes, pictures etc into the foam board. Then roll the fabric paint onto the foam board. Next take some material (I used various colours and fabrics including silk and cotton) and place over the foam board using the roller to press the fabric onto the board thus transferring the image. After this let the fabric dry and then take a sheet of newsprint paper, place over the top and iron. This will bind the paint with the fabric.
Here are a few of my designs.

Lino Printing