Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
printing
marfa print in black
I’ve been enjoying printing on fabric more than I ever thought I would. It’s interesting to me to think about how a print, which is on the surface, can become textural and/or work with a particular shape.
everything bag in marfa print image by Sarah Rubens
When I printed fabric for the everything bag I wanted an overall texture and pre-printed the fabric and then cut it out for the bags. I also wanted to try the print on a dress and decided the funnel neck dress would be a good simple shape to experiment on.
funnel neck dress in marfa print
For the dress I cut out the pieces and then printed them afterwards, considering the shape and line of the dress. I wanted to have less printed area for the dress, but I didn’t want it to stand out as an object on the fabric either. I think this has a nice balance of fabric to print and still remains textural. I also turned the print to emphasize the linearity of the dress.
This Thursday night (10.15.09) there is a jewelry trunkshow at Gallery 360 and Tia from Silvercocoon is the featured designer. Tia has been working with wool felt recently, and has some beautiful new pieces. I will be there with some items from the gleaning collection, along with this marfa print dress. Stop by to say hello if you’re in town. It’s from 6-9 and everything storewide will be 20% off.
funnel neck dress in marfa print + braided jersey belt in black plum
on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pm:
i LOVE the dress in this print. i didn’t even notice, until you pointed it out, that you had turned the print vertically. must be because it works so well that way on the dress, and it works so well horizontally for the bag.
on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 12:47 pm:
I really like the print on the dress too, vertically and more sparely printed. Beautiful. Did you say you may also print some marfa totes?
on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 1:49 pm:
That last photo of the funnel neck with that belt- stunning. I want to beam the whole outfit here (along with leg extentions). And oh yes I am wanting a tote so badly.
on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm:
it’s all so great! nicew to see you having this kind of fun.
(i think i need a marfa tee for my trip to marfa…..working on any of those?
on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pm:
i’m so excited you are getting into printing & patterned fabric…because i know you will always strike the right balance within it.
thank you for the mention. look forward to seeing you there!
on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 8:48 am:
Oh, Martha, these are so elegant.
on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am:
thanks everyone. I think I’m hooked on printing fabric:)
Heather -yes, I’ll be making totes for my Holiday collection.
and t-shirts too.
on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm:
i’m glad you’re hooked on printing fabric. it’s good for us ;)!
on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pm:
I think the printing improves the dress even more. (not that it wasn’t cool to begin with)
on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 8:10 pm:
really great print and LOVE that dress!