Focusing on one print, I wanted to test the pigment and how vibrant this print would be on a variety of different fabrics. This allows me to then take for further development when rendering the prints into my designs to see whether a print would work with another print or how it will work on the garment or structure of the fabric. I didn’t want to just look at fabric materials, I wanted to focus on a range of materials that relate to my nan. I wanted to focus on the flower pattern that I developed from Pierre Bonnard exhibition. From my print research I have found that the best fabrics for print are synthetic materials. I have found that polyester satin has worked really well with the print, especially with the colours, making them vibrant and really stand out. Another successful material was the polyester open knit. With this fabric I was very surprised by the intensity of the colours on the fabric, even with the holes in the knit, the print is still visible and clear to what it is. However, I found that using a natural fabric such as calico, the vibrance of the print is not as affective as the other materials. Same as printing onto a nude knit, the colours aren’t as vibrant as I want them to be. I could develop this further by using a plain background such as a white and see how the print works with the white, which will hopefully allow the colour become brighter without another colour behind it.
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