Housefly Tea Towels!!

This morning’s project, something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time: cover some towels with houseflies!! I ordered a pack of 12 flour sack cotton tea towels, and they arrived in the mail yesterday, so – I had to start today! Houseflies first… now I need to do some brainstorming to decide what should be printed next!

Step one: Draw design on rubber.

Step two: carve away everything but your design.

Step three: start printing! I used silkscreen ink (Speedball) and a little foam roller (you can find them at hardware supply stores), then used a hard rubber brayer to press the stamp down on the fabric. I believe you can also use acrylic – at least, when I get it on my clothes it seems to stay fine no matter how many times it’s washed.

Step four: let dry, then iron to set the ink.

Yay! Now all insects that happen to get inside will seem teeny in comparison!

Towels are up in the shop, here.

Moth Girl

Getting excited for spring! And digging in the dirt, and picking thorns out of your fingers.

Here’s a new drawing for the last days of winter – I’m currently working on getting this design on T-shirts! Finally – ! Sooo excited.

You can find the print up in the shop for $20.

BFA thesis show

So… this was more than two weeks ago, but here are some pictures from this semester’s graduating class BFA thesis show, which was well-attended and well stocked with delicious food. Our good friend Cori even made a treacherous drive through the snow from Boise to visit!