{"id":10045,"date":"2021-05-24T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=10045"},"modified":"2021-05-24T00:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T04:00:20","slug":"art-update-uv-printing-with-solar-fast-dyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/art-update-uv-printing-with-solar-fast-dyes\/","title":{"rendered":"ART UPDATE: PRINTING WITH LIGHT ACTIVATED DYES"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been experimenting with light activated dyes for a couple of weeks. It’s been an interesting experience. The dyes react with UV light, and so different printing techniques can be applied. It’s an interesting medium for me to work with, as both a photographer and a textile artist, I get to print on both paper and fabric. Here are some of the results from my experiments.<\/p>\n

I painted the dye onto silk. I created folds and placed it under some lace and exposed it to light. It created this interesting mosaic effect.\"\"
\nI printed on some silk satin and dyed it a light lilac color.\u00a0\"\"
\nI made it into a hair scrunchie and it’s for sale in my Etsy<\/a> store. \"\"
\nThe UV printing has given me an opportunity to revisit my photo catalog and reimagine them in a new way. When working with photographs, a negative has to be created by inverting the image and printing it on acetate or translucent paper. I’ve been printing on tracing paper with a laser printer to try it out, as it is more economical. This is my Prince Sun<\/em> photo that I sell in my shop<\/a> as a print. It is a photo of Prince’s gate from his former Toronto home.\u00a0\"\"
\nI made a print on paper, and fabric (seen on the bottom right). There is a color variation that occurs depending on what material you are printing on. I like painting the dye in an irregular shape. I find that it gives it a dream like effect.\"\"
\nI made a photogram on cotton fabric using lace and my Prince necklace. \"\"
\nI used the fabric to make a face mask. \"\"<\/p>\n

The Solar Fast dyes come in different colors. Depending on the material used as the substrate, the colors will turn out differently. The same purple dye used on silk looks very different on cotton. Results can be unpredictable, which can keep things exciting, but difficult to replicate, so every print is one of a kind.<\/p>\n

Image above:<\/em> “Mont Blanc in blue” by Andrea Mai.<\/p>\n

\u00a92021 by Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been experimenting with light activated dyes for a couple of weeks. It’s been an interesting experience. The dyes react with UV light, and so different printing techniques can be applied. It’s an interesting medium for me to work with, as both a photographer and a textile artist, I get to print on both paper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,14,21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-fashion-diary","category-pandemic-diary","category-travel","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10206,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/art-update-printing-photography-on-silk-scarves\/","url_meta":{"origin":10045,"position":0},"title":"ART UPDATE: PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHY ON SILK SCARVES","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"November 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"For the past few months, I have been working on a collection of individually printed silk scarves. 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