I have been having much fun experimenting with different types of netting and getting very inky whilst printing them....
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| Example no.1 fruit bag netting from the supermarket ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
First up, example no.1 fruit netting from the supermarket - very fine nylon, easy to rip and manipulate although does sometimes spring back unless very stretched out first. In some examples the ink collects at the join and prints spots of ink within the diamond shapes. This type of net gives very uniform shapes.
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| Example no.3 net from the haberdashery shop used for dance skirt petticoats ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Example no.2 is the type of netting that I think would be used to make the big petticoats in some dance costumes - we have a big dance school in the area so I think this is a safe guess. The sparkle glitter bit did break off whilst ripping and manipulating the material but didn't really effect the result in the ink. As you can see it has a much bolder line to the main body and I really like the edges where I have ripped and stretched it. With a bit more experimenting I think more subtle effects could be have by controlling the amount of ink added.
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| Example No. 3 a thick weave hessian ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Example no.3 Hessian made even bolder marks and the bonus of this material is where you can pull threads out completely from the weave. I like the effect where it starts to completely fall apart and is literally holding itself together by a thread or two. This one was the 'thirstiest' material and held a lot of ink. More subtle marks were made by not re-inking between prints which is something for me to remember.
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| Example no.4 Scrim ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Example no.4 Scrim is another fabric that can be manipulated easily, have thread ripped out from the weave and generally stands up to a lot of abuse. The weave is much tighter and the resulting print can be much more subtle and dense. I think it needs a lot of threads pulling for a net like structure but I like the resulting print.
Whilst running example through the press on top of misprints and practise prints I used copier paper to protect the press blankets. This has given me lots of sheets with reverse prints that I can use as sketch paper for drawing into. I might make a sketchbook from them at a later date.
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| Sketchbook Experiment Stage 1 collagraph and mixed media ©2025 |
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| Sketchbook Experiment Stage 2 collagraph and mixed media overprinted with hessian netting ©2025 |
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| Sketchbook Experiment Stage 3 collagraph and mixed media overprinted with netting and further added mixed media©2025 |
Lots more experimenting to do, ideas are starting to form about where these experiments can take me in my Ran project.
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