Fabric Manipulation

These textiles are some I produced on a textile workshop a few years ago using heat transfer. A design is painted with fabric paint onto paper and then a heat press/ hot iron is used to transfer the design onto  a fabric. This is great to play with and creates a huge variety of textures. These are very evocative of the refracted light on the seas surface and movement of the waves. The white showing through means that the projection would still add to the costumes. This technique is also quick, cheap and easy - designs can be multiple times when heat transferred and a more accurate design reached when painted onto paper rather than fabric. It also allows for both graphic and mottled prints.

Created by creasing fabric over design and pressing. Love its movement quality - very keen on using this on Neptune and the Mermaid.

Little gathered sections. Beautiful mottled blues from paintwork.

Using a print of a shell but also collaging onto the initial design to create a layered pattern with depth. Background has been reused a few times so it is paler against the bold foreground design.