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I’ve been down in the basement screen printing on upholstery fabric. Usually I start my textile artwork by building layers on plain white cotton cloth. It is inspirational to start with with a base layer of texture and color already present. Everything I’m screen printing is destined for new artworks in the Formerly Present series.
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This is a sampling of the upholstery fabric. I purchased this most excellent selection from The Scrap Exchange which is a nonprofit creative reuse center located in Durham, North Carolina.
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I’m using three different sizes of one screen and sticking to a very limited palette of earth colors: terra cotta, brick, grey, tan, black, white, and ochre with accents of blue and red. The Formerly Present series is all about the beauty in decay and dissolution in the built and natural world.
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Details showing how the upholstery fabric changes the screen’s effect:
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