Monday 28 February 2011

What am I looking at?

After determining some statements earlier on in the course I decided to develop and research the four areas I found most interesting these being; Foil Blocking, Wallpaper Printing, Fabric Printing, Hand Crafting and Repeat Pattern. In the workshop the following questions were found for each of the topics.

Fabric Print
What different methods are there?
What inks can be used on what materials?
What materials can be used?
How do you set the ink/dye on the different fabrics?
What are the different processes?
What are the drying times of different fabrics and processes?
What works in all conditions - waterproof - outsideHow is fabric paint different to screen printing ink?
What is fabric printing used for?
How much do the different processes cost?

Wallpaper Printing
What paper/stocks are used?
What are the different print methods?
How do you produce high quality at low prices?
How do you design the wallpapers - context- brief?
How do you decide on the selling price?
Who buys wallaper?
Where is wallpaper used?
Does Wallpaper have to be paper?
What inks are used?
What affects does different adhesive have on different papers?
What finishes are applied to protect it?

Repeat Pattern
How do you make a repeat pattern?
What are the best ways to layout a repeat?
Where are repeat patterns found? Religion - Cultures - Meaning
How do you print a repeat - screen etc?
What is the history of repeat pattern?
What defines a repeat pattern?

Hand Crafting
What are the different paper crafts?
What are the hand print processes?
What materials/stock are used?
Colour?
When does paper become card?
What are the best paper/stock to use for folding?
How can you prevent ink from cracking on folds?
What are the different crafts?

Foil Blocking
What are the different processes of foil blocking
What are the different stocks you can use?
What colours are available?
Who uses the process? and what is is most commonly used on?
What is the foil made of?
What temperature does the foil set?
What stocks cant you use?
How large can the are be to foil?
What other process is recommended if foil isn't suitable?

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