I had never worked with a heat press machine before so I was intrigued to see how it worked and what I could do with it. As preparation for the workshop I brought in a few plastic object, knowing that the time I have with the heat press is limited I decided to not go overboard with the objects I brought in. I brought an empty water bottle, some plastic bottle lids, and a plastic carrier bag. I was also more interested about using dyes and fabric with the heat press, so I experimented more with this functionality.
First of all I worked with creating a design with different coloured dyes on different fabrics. The fabrics I used were a canvas material and a more slippery satin type fabric. I painted the dyes on in a coil, spiral type pattern to resemble the coil sample that I have made and like. I learnt that the heat press needs to be 190 degrees and depending on what material you are working with the time in which you keep it under the heat press can differ. For example when I put the piece of paper that I have painted on over the piece of fabric. It needed 30 seconds under the heat press for the colour to transfer. I noticed that when the colour transfers it comes out a lot brighter that how the dye looks on paper. The red came out a lot more orange which was interesting. I preferred using the satin type material as the colour transferred a lot smoother.
I then chose to transfer foil to fabric. What I had to do was transfer a special kind of glue and put it on the fabric in the places that I want the foil to transfer, then put it under the heat press for about 15 seconds. After this time you peel back the foil and where ever you put the glue the foil will stay. I thought that this gave a really good effect and I really enjoyed the process and how it all worked.
Finally I had time to use the heat press for some of the plastics that I brought in. I decided to go for the water bottle as I thought it was the most interesting. With a pair of scissors I cut the bottle so that only about an inch of the bottom was left. With my hands I started to fold the sides into the middle so it was prepared for the heat press. I finally put it under the heat press for a short space of time. I think it came out really well and I was happy with the result.
I was very excited about this workshop and was really happy that we got to do it. unfortunately I don't really see how it will fit in with my project for fashion, but I hope I get the opportunity to use it in the future.
First of all I worked with creating a design with different coloured dyes on different fabrics. The fabrics I used were a canvas material and a more slippery satin type fabric. I painted the dyes on in a coil, spiral type pattern to resemble the coil sample that I have made and like. I learnt that the heat press needs to be 190 degrees and depending on what material you are working with the time in which you keep it under the heat press can differ. For example when I put the piece of paper that I have painted on over the piece of fabric. It needed 30 seconds under the heat press for the colour to transfer. I noticed that when the colour transfers it comes out a lot brighter that how the dye looks on paper. The red came out a lot more orange which was interesting. I preferred using the satin type material as the colour transferred a lot smoother.
I then chose to transfer foil to fabric. What I had to do was transfer a special kind of glue and put it on the fabric in the places that I want the foil to transfer, then put it under the heat press for about 15 seconds. After this time you peel back the foil and where ever you put the glue the foil will stay. I thought that this gave a really good effect and I really enjoyed the process and how it all worked.
Finally I had time to use the heat press for some of the plastics that I brought in. I decided to go for the water bottle as I thought it was the most interesting. With a pair of scissors I cut the bottle so that only about an inch of the bottom was left. With my hands I started to fold the sides into the middle so it was prepared for the heat press. I finally put it under the heat press for a short space of time. I think it came out really well and I was happy with the result.
I was very excited about this workshop and was really happy that we got to do it. unfortunately I don't really see how it will fit in with my project for fashion, but I hope I get the opportunity to use it in the future.
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