Using Gel Prints in Other Art Work

Fabric (or paper) can be used in other art work. In the little sample above I have printed some light acrylic onto silk to create the effect of fungi growing on a log. I have used a piece of wool jersey dyed in a dirty pot ands some pieces of cut felted grey wool from some felted balls I made. The green is random stitched dyed cheesecloth using elongated button hole stitch.

The silk satin was crumpled and placed on the plate which had a light green/grey application of acrylic applied to the plate. The crumpled satin meant the paint would be taken up in varying degrees with the hollows of the crumples getting less paint than the hills. I didn’t want too much contrast but I didn’t want to use plain white. To add additional texture I also used some clean up baby wipes from cleaning the plate.

I cut out circles and made a series of Suffolk puffs (yoyos) which I folded in half and stitched onto the substrate fabric. The silk did not lose its sheen so I am encourages to try this method of colouring small pieces of silk in a more 2 D landscape piece.

Above you can see the crumpled silk satin as it was placed on the plate and the resulting fabric that was used to make the fungi.