A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
Printing on denim is an issue we should be careful about, otherwise, you may have a latent problem that you are unaware of until it is too late. Denim is made from “Bean dye” with the warp threads heavily covered by starch mixed with indigo or sulphur dye. If you want to print on it[…]
Batik is a traditional textile art form that originated in Indonesia. Unusual color effect can be produced employing various batik styles. It involves using wax and dyes to create intricate patterns on fabric. There are several methods of batik printing, each with its unique characteristics. Here are some common batik printing methods: Tie-Dye Batik (Ikatan[…]
Similarly to the art of screen printing, block printing originated in the Far East. India and China are the probable birthplace of block printing as, according to historians, their people used hand carved wood blocks for the production of ornaments on textiles. The principle of this method remains the same; the blocks are made by[…]
Penetration into the pile is important in carpet printing and there are two principles upon which flat bed machines have been constructed. The BDA machine, which is no longer widely used, employed an ingenious arrangement in which the reservoir of dye was trapped between the blades of a double squeegee passing over the screen, penetration[…]
In addition to the straightforward application of dye, textile printing offers the designer certain styles that can be used to obtain aesthetic effects. Discharge-printing, for example, can provide intricate printed patterns on a colored background (the ground color). The new pattern may be white or it may be a different color from the original fabric,[…]
The ability of disperse dyes to sublime on heating has led to a very different approach to textile printing. In this the design is first printed on paper using disperse dyes. The paper can then be inspected for faults; if any exist, that area of paper can be discarded to avoid wastage of fabric. The[…]
