Over—Printing Felt Surfaces

By Kathyanne White

Felting is a beautiful form of fiber art. The surface is intriguing and textural in so many ways so it always interested me. For years I've wanted to pursue felted surfaces for digital printing. Getting the felt thin enough for printers however, can be somewhat of a challenge. That was until I met felt artist   Suzanne Morgan. Suzanne's felting and nuno felting are suitably thin enough to print. Recently Suzanne shared some of her felt pieces with me for experimenting. You can see and read about some of results on a blog post on my  Digital Alternative Surfaces site. 

For this video workshop I take one of Suzanne's felt pieces and show you how to create the image and work the print process. Photoshop CS6 is used to manipulate the image for the overprint. Once the image is ready, again using Photoshop CS6 we will go through printing the image.

The process of overprinting can be used in many ways. An overprint is used on a surface that has some type of design, color, pattern something that can be seen already on the surface. This technique can be used on any surface you want to print—felt or not. If you love felt, this is awesome and an entire new alternative surface for digital printing. 

Purchase this workshop at this link and you will receive the pdf file with information to access the workshop by email within 24 hours. $9.95

Easy Pocket Journals Mini Workshop

Although I have zillions of journals, imagining new ideas for creating journals, is one of my favorite things to do.  So many times, my journals get heavy and are not convenient to carry around.  Then add pens to the mix and the whole transportation thing becomes cumbersome.  So my thoughts have been about constructing journals that are smaller and more portable.  In this workshop we will explore two of those types of journals.

Both the journals covered here are light weight and portable.  One is constructed from watercolor paper that is digitally printed on each side and the other is made from recycled pocket book pages.  This is short and sweet, ending small interesting journals.

This workshop is free to KathyAnne Art members. Be sure to sign in.

Non members go to KathyAnne Art Tutorials under Collections.  The workshop is $9.95.
Once you pay for the workshop, you will be able to download the PDF instructions.

Mini Workshop: Putting it all Together-Assembling Digitally Printed Surfaces

My new Mini Workshop is ready and on-line.  This month's free to members workshop is
"Putting it all Together: Assembling Digitally Printed Surfaces.  This workshop follows the construction of a variety of surfaces being assembled.      Introduction follows:

The workbook for the workshop is 15 pages with pictures throughout to show what is created on each composition.  KathyAnne Art members be sure to log in so you will get the workshop at no cost.
Free to KathyAnne Art members .  The workshop is $15.00 to non members.

Non- members go to KathyAnne Art  or

Journals with Digital Elements

Have you ever considered using digital elements in your journals or art books?  In this workshop you will design and construct your own original journal from cover to cover.  Exploring the numerable possibilities for using digital prints, patterns and textures in journals, art journals or art books.  Experiment with images and create surfaces that can be printed on ink jet printers.

You will:

Dye, paint, and/or overprint the base pages

Work with inkAID digital grounds to coat surfaces for printing

Create transparent or textural skins

Print on fabric using carrier sheets

Design your pages in the journal

Create a cover

Put it all together

Questions are welcome at anytime.  This is an online workshop and can be accessed at any time.

The accompanying video has the following segments:

A chat about the workshop

Making a cheesecloth skin

Create painted pages

Overprint painted pages

Melt tyvek and lutradur

Take a look at how journals are created

Covers

A complete look at an art journal from start to finish

To register for this workshop go to KathyAnne Art

If you are a member, be sure to sign in and receive your 20% off the cost of $50.00. Member price $40.00

Any questions, contact Kathyanne