1 Potato 2 Potato
is a little printing project
I did for my daily #365CREATE on instagram.
I was so enamoured by my potato prints
I decided to take proper photos.
Now you may be wondering
why this particular #365CREATE has gotten special treatment,
it’s just potato printing, right?
Well, that’s precisely why.
I love print work.
I love the idea of making my own prints.
I have even played a little with screen printing,
cut a lino print and messed about with erasers
(I didn’t post about that one),
but I have never done potato printing.
1 Potato 2 Potato
In fact, I think I have (for reasons unknown)
purposely avoided them.
What a potato head!
Potato printing is fun!
It’s Quick & Easy!
It’s fun!
Honestly, I could kick myself for not
trying this sooner.
My patterns are very simple, but they look fantastic.
If I had chosen to go down the screen printing route
I would have had to draw my pattern onto paper,
print it onto some OHP
AND THEN
scalpel cut the design ALL before going near
my actual screen print.
Yikes!
But not so with potato printing.
Bish, bash, bosh,
it’s done.
Why was I so reluctant?!
What else have I been resisting?
I hope it’s cheap!
And, as easy as potato printing.
Jennifer Hill
February 21, 2014 at 9:52 pm (4 years ago)Wow, I love your project, it does look fab. Must have a go myself… What type of fabric and paint did you use? Jen
Sewing Daisies
February 22, 2014 at 10:09 am (4 years ago)hey there Jennifer,
Thank you for stopping by Sewing Daisies, it’s great to hear from you.
The fabric I used is a medium weight cotton (of inexpensive kind), and the ink is Permaset Aqua Fabric Magic in white. I should imagine any fabric dye would do the trick.
To bind the edges of the table runner, I simply used a small tight zig zag (sewing machine). That way the table runners lie completely flat on the table, and it adds to that organic feel of it.
http://www.permaset.com.au/permaset-aqua/
As you can probably tell by my post, I am pretty taken with this little project and plan on trying it again. I have some Martha Stewart paints that claim to be fabric friendly, so I might try those out next.
Have fun!
cheers H
alisonb2
February 27, 2014 at 5:50 am (4 years ago)You look as if you have settled in and are having fun! I’ve not done any potato printing for a few years – always a favourite in the class room. Perhaps something to try with the craft club… hmmmmm. Have lots more fun!
Barnicles
March 16, 2014 at 2:51 am (4 years ago)This is amazing! Love how a simple potato came out so well, must have been your design 😉
Heidi
March 17, 2014 at 9:12 am (4 years ago)@ Barnicles
Thanks! I am also amazed at how well it worked. I am a little apprehensive about trying another print in case it doesn’t come out as well 😀