HUEC 2040 Chapter : Chapter 23 Textile Printing And Design
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Printing: design transferred to a flat surface->surface coated with a dye- >design stamped on fabric (can be repeated: design can be applied to, warp yarns, fabrics apparel pieces, printing is a cheaper way of creating designs on fabric than weaving or knitting with different-colored yarns. Solid colors: dyes, pigments for pale shades, poly/cotton blends. Prints: pigments, simpler processing, 50% of print market color applied, as thick paste like mayo limits wicking->sharp outline, original image reduced to fixed number of colors, exception: ink-jet. A design can be produced on a fabric by: printing directly, printing onto pre-dyed fabric, dyeing fabric treated with a resist or mordant. Direct (blotch) printing: applying dye/pigment onto textile substrate, each color in design applied separately, grins, imperfect alignment=white spaces, (white edge where flowers meet on print, trapping, deliberate overlap of colors, to avoid grins, registration, correctly placed colors. Blotch printing: large background, small details, lighter colors on wrong side, calico.
