Digital Grounds: More Printing on Cheesecloth

Please enjoy a rerun of my experiments with digital grounds; this is where it all began …

Digital Grounds and CheeseclothThe other day I did some testing with Digital Grounds using cheesecloth. I like using cheesecloth in my artwork because of the wonderful texture it produces.

For this test I used cheesecloth with an “acrylic skin” backing. For most textile artists “acrylic skins” will be a foreign technique. The video below explains the process using paint to make the skin however for the cheesecloth technique the skins can also be made using Matte Medium or similar type mediums which dry clear. A clear skin will give you a transparent background for your cheesecloth.

This is a video from the Golden Products website explaining the technique.

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Digital Grounds: Printing on Lace

Digital GroundsThe other day I posted a test piece using cheesecloth on an acrylic “skin”. Today I’m posting the same technique but instead of cheesecloth, I’m using a poly type lace. Even though both fabrics are classified as “sheer”, printing on them has produced *totally* different results.

The lace I used was sheer tulle in places and the flower design had a thread “ridge” around the flower designs; not something you would normally think to print on.

Digital Grounds and Lace

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