An organic cotton teeshirt with a Dover Kells design on the front for my favorite 12-year old almost-a-man person.
And a cotton tote with another Dover Kells design sewn on the front for my friend/the mom of the above.
I had stenciled a design onto the organic teeshirt (twice), but I wasn't happy with it. I washed the fabric paint out as well as possible, and because of time restraints, I ended up transferring the bird design over it.
The Madonna graphic is another Dover black/white graphic that I colored in via PhotoShop, matching the colors to the original Kells page.
For years I've been collecting books of graphics, many of them historic or at least antique and out of copyright protection. I find older drawings more fun and warmer than much of our modern stuff. Old drawings like this:
Not satisfied with Iron-On Transfer graphics (too chemical and flimsy), I'm experimenting with stencils and beginner's silkscreening methods. Fabric paint is nontoxic and has more staying power than the Iron-Ons. Stencilling is very direct and straightforward for blocky graphics but for detailed things like the faerie pigs up above, I want to silkscreen to catch all the fine lines. There are heavy chemicals involved in silkscreen but only once and then you have your template forever.
A film recommendation: Rented "Once" and liked it very much. Some of the music is quite haunting and can be found on the film website:
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/once/
I like simple stories with lots of open meanings and this one sure fills the bill.
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