Lino Prints

My final lot of prints worked well yet again, im happier about the truffle coloured fabric (velvet) as the blue came out darker over the dark fabric and the design is stil very clear. My only concern is the feel of the materials together; the velvet is very soft and the ink overlay feels as though it may pick off over time.
My last lino print was done using similar colours, i did this because in stage one i produced a foil print with similar colours and it gave a great effect. I think the technique worked well but i definately needed more ink as some areas are uncovered.

Lino Prints

My last Black ink print also worked extremely wel and i very much liked the linen fabric i printed it onto as well, because of the layers and depth of the material the ink didnt cover all areas of the linen, but the happy accident was well done and the print is successfull so im happy.
The second print on this page was done using blue ink, i think the shade of the colour is far too light, it contrasts well with the terracotta coloured 'belgian' linen but i dont like the colours together.

Lino Prints

My second Lino Print came out very well, i printed onto a fabric of two shades of green again with black ink. I used more ink this time and added more height to the print machine before compressing the fabric and my lino. The Print is clear which i am very happy with but the colour of fabric didnt really work well.

Lino Prints

This is my Lino been cut so that the negative area around the crow will be the print and the crow itself will be colourless, allowing the laser cutter to finish the design around it.
My first print was on a soft cotton like fabric which was a fudge colour, i printed over it in black ink. The colours didnt contrast enough therefore making the design slightly illegible.

Final design (to date)

This is my final design to date, using my thumbnails ect and developing them i have so far got to this point and decided i think laser cuting would be approriate to cut out the leaves around the crow, i considered flock or foil as a base, maybe as a background colour or the reverse (positive part of crow) but flock would give relief from the surface which could cause a problem for the laser cutter and i dont get on wel with foil i dont like the shiney effect it gives, i think screen printing is time consuming considering the time constraints. So i moved onto either dry point or lino printing, they are both a quick and easy process but which would be more effective...?

Mood Board

I produced this mood board from free samples of fabric, my reason for creating it was so that i could consider a variety of colours and their relation or lack of relation to darkness. Iv also commented on some of the fabrics for possible future referrence; perhaps if i choose to print on pillows ect.

Developement Continued

Remembering this is not a final design, and not perfected this is a rough idea down on paper how im thinking of portraying darkness. I think the idea fits with the Brief and the time constraints, its a simple but effective idea. I now need to consider what part of interior it will look best on and what colours?