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Silk Screening with colorhue and shaving cream

The Beginning

The Discovery
One day at the Houston Festival, someone mentioned to Gwen Gibson and I that ordinary shaving cream was being used for marbeling processes. The mention of the shaving cream, set Gwen Gibson and I to pondering its use for the silk screening with Colorhue. Immediate experiments by Gwen, proved that the shaving cream emulsion suspended the dyes into the shaving cream, making a more manageable vehicle for silk screen applications. And because the COLORHUE dyes were instant set, she had found a fast, easy application of 'color' for the silk screen images.

Further experimenting brought the discovery that mixing the shaving cream with the dyes, somewhat depeted the color value of the dyes. Therefore it was necessary to add small amounts of Neopaque fabric paints to darken the color. Which lead to the use of both the LUMIERE and NEOPAQUE (Identical types of paints) in conjunction with the shaving cream. This enabled us to mix the Colorhue instant set dyes and the Lumiere/Neopaque paints in the the shaving cream, all at the same time.

A new series of 'Virtual Workbooks ,inter active CD's for the computer

Now you can learn more about this interesting silk screening technique with Ginny Eckley's very informative CD, Silk Screening the Easy Way, on the subject of fast, efficient ways to accomplish silk screen imaging.

Ginny demonstrates the step by step procedures of making your own silk screens with her new product PhotoEZ as well as demonstrating the processes of duplicaitng the silk screen images onto the silk fabric. There are printable instructions for all the processes included in the CD, as well as helpful hints , trouble shooting techniques and printing basics. Her wonderful multi color printing tips are surprising ly easy.

To learn more about Ginny's new Silk Screening CD, click here

Ginny also markets the 'PHotoEZ' product, that allows you to design your own silk screen with a new light sensitive paper, elliminating the use of expensive duplicating apparatus.

Ginny's art background has lead her to further develop the silk screen application into a truly beauitful art form. She has developed a wonderful gallery of her own silk screen images, for your purchase.

Go to Ginny's web site for more information about the PhotoEZ and her wonderful ready made silk screens.
www.photoezsilkscreen.com

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TIRE Silk Threads

TIRE Metallic Threads

Silk Ribbon

Colorhue Dyes & Lumiere/Neopaque Paints

Instructional Series of Interactive CD ROMs

Bonded Silk Batting

Books about Silk