Dabu Dying with Thermofax Screens

I had some mud mix left over so decided to see if this would work as a resist through a thermofax screen and then dyed with Indigo. Of course I could play around with this sort of process indefinitely and I already had some scoured cotton sheets ready to go so I was off running. I have been sourcing flat 100% cotton bed sheets from thrift shops as they make great substrates to work on at a really affordable price and give me scope to experiment and play with

My eldest daughter is a mad chicken lady - she has around 400 chickens. She breeds pullets to sell for those wanting to have their own “egg Factory” and also sells fertilised eggs after candling them to insure they are fertile. It has been a god send to her since her husband passed away with cancer 2 1/2 years ago. She only has Barred Rocks and black Orpingtons so this screen, which was a commercially prepared one seemed a good one to start with.

The first image above is one of my own thermofax prepared screens. The Second is one of Jane Dunnewold’s screens which I have used extensively in my work before getting my own thermofax generator. The third print is a very delicate print of tui from one of my thermosfax screens. Perhaps too detailed a line drawing for this type of resist but could be used to stitch into. The bolder prints seem to work best with the dabu dying resist method