My digital print

I often wondered, previously, how it is possible to send a client the print you have produced or created but seeing it in process helped me understand fully. A piece of fabric within Mirjam Rouden's studio was, on average, about 1.5mx1m. There were 2 different types of prints produced within the studio in the time i was working there.

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Hand-painted prints were made using procean and acid dyes, making it quite difficult to see what you are doing or have already some on the print. I found with this method it was much more a case of being very careful not to make smudges, or, if mistakes are made, trying to incorporate this into the design. I found this method quite fun but very time consuming. It was exciting to see what our prints looked. Also, with this method of hand printing, you cannot replicate something and change the colours or size, although this could be possible with computer editing, but that was not something Mirjam was interested and rightly so. A hand print should be much more unique then a digital print that can have every aspect of it altered and tweaked if needed.