One of the things I fooled around with this past semester was printing on fabric. For this process I carved into 1/8″ thick MDF board in a floral pattern. Afterward I sprayed several coats of lacquer to make sure it won’t deteriorate when I inked and cleaned the board with acetone. One of the issues with printing on MDF is that it’s really soft and fibrous, and absorbs the ink– so it’s hard to get a clean print from it. I printed on several sheets of fabric as well as some t-shirts for friends.
Here’s one of the ones that turned out best, modeled by a lovely friend of mine. I hope to take the printed fabric and sew it into a garment, so I’ll post some more pictures after that. This kind of printing is pretty satisfying because you get to have a functional, tangible piece in the end.
