Using India Ink to Create Unexpected Shape and Texture on Fabric!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2022
- In this video I demonstrate how to get different values of ink, fold cloth is various ways to get several patterns and show a new unexpected technique I just discovered!
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They have an aura of its own😮, the wet fabric
This is the same capillary action you get during the sun painting/printing process; the uneven drying of the fabric cause the pigments to wick toward the areas that are drying the fastest. So lovely to see it done with india inks.
Thank you Ivy!!
I was thinking that might be it! I noticed the same thing when I used coffee to stain paper with stencils.
wow. that last one was surprising. thanks for sharing, just found your channel when I was searching "india ink on clothing"
Outrageously clever! I think the term "serendipity" applies here.
Your science buddies have it right! Imagine how beautiful using the colored india inks or Dye-Na-Flow would be.
Thanks Jane.
👏🏽👍👌🏾
WOW, Jane ...
Interesting! I would like to see what leaves will do!
Me too!
Fantastic! Thank you❣️
Omg, this is fantastic! I can’t wait to try this!
Great results and what a mystery!
thank you for sharing this! Fascinating ❤❤❤
This is very intriguing!
Wow, how cool!
I loved the video it was fantastic!!!!
Oh that IS mind blowing! Hmmmm so many possibilities! and the monoprinting!!!!
This last awesome technique reminds me of the prints that people were making with Setacolor years ago. They seemed to work with or without being outside, it was just about the drying.
Oh, and I think I’l be doing some of this over the weekend!
Super ! Merci de partager♡
Love it!
So glad!
Thank you!
Simply gorgeous!! Thanks for the video tutorial. I'm definitely going to try these technics ;)
You are so welcome!
A thousand thumbs up!! Love love love this
Yay! Thank you!
Love it,....❤
Thanks Jane. Another great thing to try and very easy.
You’re welcome 😊
You are amazing!. I still have bottle of India ink from your past lessons. Can hardly wait to experiment with this one. ❤🙋🏾♀️
Hi Jane, I somehow just discovered you and your delightful channel! These pieces you've made are all scrumptious, and your right about the last one. What a surprise!! I'm pretty new to fabric arts and stitching, so I'm really excited to see what else you've got up your sleeve! I just subscribed and will be tuning in here a lot in the future. Thank you so much for these wonderful shares!
You are so welcome!
I thought I remembered this marking happening with Dyenaflow, also. I put some on cotton last night after watching your video. It dried in the dark over night and marks were left from the items that were firmly pressed to the surface. It may be because Dyenaflow and India ink are made of fine particles in suspension, and even the slight pressure makes the particles move.
😮 Then I wonder if salt will work on India ink like it does with DynaFlow? Experiment time 😁
Yes! Exactly!
Regarding your UFO circles...This is how this was explained to me a few years ago when the same thing happened to me. When you place something over the wet fabric or paper, the uncovered area dries first. As that dries it draws the moisture along with the ink that is under the plate, like a wick. It looks and sounds counter intuitive, but once I thought about it, it made sense to me, but I've been wrong before!
Yes, that's exactly right based on what I've now been told.
Thanks for this very informative idea as to how the lighter colours are formed. It is intriguing.
I found that the 'feel' of the fabric is soft where it's lighter in colour and stiffer where the ink is concentrated which adds weight to the wicking theory.
Hi, when using dye, there is sun dyeing where a resist (leaf ECT) is used. Gives similar effect. I love your method, going to try with Dala Ink which I have. Tnks for sharing.
Jane, I think I have an idea of why this might happen when you place objects on the wet cloth ... when you have something pressed against the wet cloth it will dry more slowly than the part exposed to the air - and perhaps this is also affected by the cloth, but the area that is drying will continue to wick the wet portion away into the dryer area. The outer edges are darker than right next to the plate. Otherwise, there are some wonderful cloth fairies working on your behalf ...
WE did figure this out eventually, with the help of our audience here. And you're right with your theory.
Very well-made video clear steps, as well as lovely samples of process were shown. When I do fabric dying after it’s dried, I rinse it in vinegar water to help set the dies. I wonder if that would work in this case as well?
Probably not. The ink is carbon based and dyes are synthetic or natural compounds.
Underneath the object stays nice and damp. Outside of the object dries and sucks up the damp dye leaving a pattern!
That seems to be the agreed upon theory. Thanks!
Amazing! Have you tried it on coloured fabric?
Yes, and it works fine.
Maybe the theory is similar to sun printing fabric where the moisture is wicked away from any covered area on the fabric.
That is really cool 😎 Looks like the moon 🌚. I wonder if using the wood shapes from the craft store wood work 🤔. This is the best India ink technique 🎉
Yes, those shapes will work!
I tried your techniques and got the results that you showed us, but on one of my pieces of cotton I placed puzzle pieces, picture side down. The next morning when I went to check on the results I found the exact opposite patterning. all the ink accumulated under the puzzle pieces... so I have a piece of cotton that is light grey with black puzzle piece designs. I am mystified as to why. I have tried using very absorbent materials like coasters, book board etc and I get a bit of this accumulating ink but not as distinct a difference as when I used the puzzle pieces. Any ideas?
I love that last technique! Can’t wait to try it! If you iron it, would it be washable?
Yes, absolutely
@@BothThingsCreative thanks, that’s great!
I enjoyed the video very much and can't wait to experiment with this.
It has to be a light-sensitivity chemical reaction, yes? The dye molecules in the India Ink you're using surely absorb spectrums of light, and if an object is blocking those spectrums of light, then no *discernable* ink will result (though some is still there); there's just not enough being absorbed into the fabric to thus reflect back (i.e. show up)... Plus, OR (ha, not a chemist here but am an artist also), there's the moisture level wicking ink away combined with whatever chemical elements and moisture levels are in the objects being placed over the ink. If I were to put an object or my finger over a watercolor that's not dried yet, the same thing would happen: light and air to dry the watercolor are being robbed (thus a white space would be revealed) AND there is oil in my fingertips and whatever other kinds of chemicals in the objects I use that may be interacting with the watercolor. I don't know, HA! Just throwing that out there. Recently subscribed and I enjoy your videos, thank you.
It's more the uneven wicking thing based on exposure to light and drying time.
There are inks, brand name Dye-na-flow inks that do that. As I understand it, as the wet area not under the object dries, it wicks the wet from under the object and the ink moves with the water. Large grains of salt make similar patterns as the gravel. I have done a couple of shirts with ferns and oak leaves and a handkerchief with stencils.
Yes, Dye Na Flo is great, but they are actually paints not inks. Just wanted to clarify that to avoid confusion.
I was going to say that also. Not about the paints, but that the movement is about the moisture in the fabric.... as the fabric dries outside of the shape, the moisture underneath is pulled to the edge of the shape and the suspended ink particles along with it... this would be great to experiment with... you could add resist lines, then the ink, then the shapes on top and you would get pattern in a pattern... how fun... got to go get some ink now :-)
Where do you purchase the large bottles of India Ink?
Dick Blick or Jerrysartarama.com.
If I want to fully saturate my fabric so that it’s solid black. How would you dry it?
air dry flat on plastic sheeting.
Dear Jane, thank you for showing this! I tryed to dye some garments with indian ink, but the ink doesn't stay on the Tshirt, it fades onto the skin! Is there some way to fix the ink on the garment?
You must not be using carbon-based ink because when it dries it is permanent and won't wash off our bleed. Some inks are called India ink but they aren't carbon based, so be skeptical and try another ink.
Does the ink oxidize, and the objects block oxidation?
No, I think it is that what is under the object dries more slowly and the color wicks out - that's what my scientist friends have told me now.
I'm guessing if a mordant was used you might not get the negative staining. Light may fix ink to cellulose. India ink is used in staining biological specimens either positively or negatively I believe.
Is your fabric scoured prior to using India ink?
No.
Must be the elimination of light as it cures???????
Actually it turns out to be related to surface tension variables related to light, so you are right.
The circle reminds me of Michael Kane's work in West Asheville NC @mkstudio110.
that (sunprint style) was crazy! @ivys.166 - thanks for the explanation