Heat Transfer Press

This is definitely one of the most interesting things that I have learnt so far on the course. We had an afternoon workshop on using the heat press and in less than 2 hours I think I was able to create some really interesting prints.

They are created by positioning textures, flat objects, paper with has been pre-painted with fabric transfer paint etc on to a piece of fabric. This works best using man-made fabrics as the dye fuses better with the fibres and also using copy paper for the colour. These are then pressed in the heat press from 20 seconds et voila!

 The texture has been captured in such detail in some of them, particularly with the netting, that it looks almost as if the netting is still there. I really love the layering and the build up of colour by pressing one set of objects, and then pressing new colours over the top of these. These prints have a really unity between them in the style that i have created, almost accidentally, playing with pure experimentation.
We only had a short session on this but it something which I excited to explore in the future and feature within garment designs.