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Monoprint: Creating New Fabric Patterns

6/24/2015

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My summer is busy! I am taking a Textile Design class at the Academy of Art University and am excited to share my work with you. I am venturing into a field I don't know much about. Surely, I have seen many a fabric with interesting patterns and imprints but I don't really have an expertise in the tools to create these pattern.

So, I am learning a lot! Here is an example of one of the first techniques I learned: mono print. In the examples below, you will see the variety of patterns one can achieve. Truly, the options are limitless! 
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Monoprint requires just a few tools: plexi glass, tempera paint, paper, and random items found around the house. Once you spread the paint on the plexi glass - in a thin layer - you take a tool to create a pattern. This tool can be a brush, a fork, a piece of cardboard - anything to push the paint around. 
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I had so much fun coming up with my patterns. As you can see, I explored wide strokes, think lines, symmetry, and just plain squiggles ... Once the pattern was in the paint, I layered a sheet of paper over it to get the imprint. Et voila! 
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I am looking forward to learning other ways of creating a pattern to incorporate these ways into my fashion design work. 

Have you ever tried monoprint? Let me know!
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