Gwen design.pdf

<b>Gwen design</b>Design inspired by a 1930’s Christmas card design, called Winter Afternoon, by the artist Gwen White.<b><br></b><br>This project is part of Ceres Artists in Residence at MoDa, which aims to use objects from MoDA’s collections as a starting point for exploration of resist printing using natural dyes. The textile designs were hand screen-printed, using natural dyes. <br>2 colour repeat, with overprinting and papercut out details.<br> Gwen design is one of my responses to a 1930’s Christmas card design, called Winter Afternoon, by the artist Gwen White. The pattern is inspired by strong shadows, furrows of the ploughed field, and stark shapes of the trees.<br> The design can be repeated as a block repeat.<br> The images show the design printed in three different colourways, and the artwork for the screen positives: 1 Silk: Chlorophyllin, Soda Ash, Madder, Citric, Indigo, Buckthorn, Logwood, Fustic 2 Linen: Madder, Brazilwood, Fustic, Logwood. 3 Silk: Rust dye. Brazilwood, Logwood, Citric, Buckthorn, Elderberry 4 Artwork to be transformed into screen print positives.<br> The design is printed, steamed to fix the dye-pastes, and washed by hand. After steaming and washing out the dye colours change in brightness and intensity.