Fibers Prints

 

This week I have purchased all my materials to start my printing project. For this weeks project I purchased all of my materials from Salvation Army for less then 13 dollars. The materials I decided to use are pillowcases and bed sheets. Sheets make for a great material to make large garments pillowcases make for good sample swatches and tank tops.

I have used to different styles of printing screen-printing and block printing. Personally I like screen-printing it more it allows the user to get cleaner and crisper prints. I played around with multiple different color combinations and came up with yellow and orange combination.

 I have taken six different color combinations and then mixed screen-printing to combine to come up with my final product.

I have posted video of how I cut out my stencils with the lazier cutter.

Where to Shop

  So this week I am doing a lot of shopping for my new project in Fibers Studio. I have gone threw my own closet looking for those pieces of clothing I have not worn in years but don’t have the heart to throw away. So what you are looking for when your recycling new clothing to print on or sew is natural material like cotton, wool, silk, hemp, and cashmere. If possible you want to stay away from synthetic material they are harder to print on. So some place that Have really good re-sale clothing is the Salvation Army, Detroit threads, and Regeneration. There are many other places but these seem to have a good selection at a decent price. Salvation Army is a good place if your looking to create a big piece of clothing you can take sheets which they sell for around 3 dollars and have yards of material. At Detroit Threads in Hamtramck they have a lot of vintage styles. Regeneration in Ferndale has options of things from 60’s to present day.  These are all great place and if anyone knows of a great resale shop please comment. It’s a great way to save money and have a unique recycled closet.

Vintage Recycle

My name is Kate Collins I am student at College fore Creative studies. My Major is crafts. I specialize in jewelry design and fibers. I use my studies to create new innovative art.  I have always been interested in creating my own designs of clothing and jewelry. Once I started college I became aware very quickly of the waste created by make your own designs that’s when I became passionate about using recycled materials in my design as much as possible.

       RejectApparel is a design concept of recreating clothing from recycling. By purchasing clothing from thrift shops and printing on and refabricating to create fun and modern designs. I have always been interested in fashion and creating my own new look. RejectApperal is taking vintage looks and block printing, screen printing, and refabricating to reduce waste, reuse, and modernize clothing.  RejectApparel is Detroit based were innovation in fashion is flourishing. RejectApparel will allow the buy to have something completely new and unique but with out the cost or waste of a completely new garment.

I will be posting places to find vintage and resale clothing. I will be taking photos of the process of printing on fabric and the application of pigment. I will be showing how color schemes for clothing are created and how to mix pigment to get the precise color that is trying to be achieved. Because the product is hand printed on the fabric that is being recycled has to be natural fibers.