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November has zoomed in at a rate of knots! Phew - time is swishing by so quickly ... another year is almost over, and we are probably all asking ourselves ... what have I achieved this year? What would I still like to achieve? or maybe we're just enjoying our lives and not worrying too much about achievements ... :o>Either way, I hope you're all fit and happy and painting up a storm! [An Aussie phrase, which just means *busy*]. After all the requests, I have now put a download link on last month's page and here, in case you would like to check out the pillow sewing instructions. These are very basic, so for the seamstresses and tailors in our group, don't freak out if they're too simple for you ... this is for those who may not have ever attempted to sew up their silk as a cushion before.  Sewing a cushion coverTo download the instructions: Mac users: click on icon or link, hold mouse down, select *Save Link Target As* [or words to that effect] and choose location on your desktop Windows users: right click and choose where to save the document on your desktop computer See you next month, 
Featured Artist #1 Jenwah and Rosemary : SilkArtCreations : USA  © 2005 Jenwah I found a website where two silk artists in the USA are also using digital printing, and they have beautiful designs!  The Prints are meant for indirect lighting, where they will be permanent for many years. The silks are prints of original hand paintings by Jenwah over the past 20 years. The actual process for making a print is done on the finest Mimaki Printer. The silk is paper-backed to absorb the dyes. The paper is removed and the silk is put into an autoclave to set the colors. 
They create gorgeous banners - you must go see them. Click to visit site.
 The Australian Forum for Textile Arts [TAFTA] TAFTA is an Australian textile membership-based forum and has a terrific list of events around Australia and worldwide.If you'd like to enter a competition or exhibition, or attend one, visit their website which is updated monthly.
The Guild of Silk Painters I love this site - it's so warm and welcoming, and chockful of information for the casual visitor to the site, as well as highlighting members' stories and articles and great tips. Well worth the membership fee, with a huge international membership. http://www.silkpainters-guild.co.uk |
Articles Digital Printing on Silk  I've had a discussion or two about this recently, and heard about a large scale printing machine [Mimaki].
A friend of mine was interested in buying one [they're very expensive] and printing her designs onto fabric to then sew into garments. Being curious, I did some research online, and thought you too might be interested in what I found. I've discovered a company who will do this for you from your original designs [they're in Denmark, but you just email the images], and a couple of companies who sell the printers. I hope you find it as fascinating as I did! Click the image to see more photos. [photo © Silk-scarf.com] Read rest of article - click here. Developments in Jet Inks for Textile Printing By Ray A. Work, III and John P. Kane, DuPont Co., Wilmington DE USAIntroduction
As anticipated, several ink jet textile-printing systems were presented at the ITMA in Paris this June. The majority of those being shown used reactive dye or disperse dye inks and are intended for use as design or strike off tools to be used along with screen printing production equipment. Where were the production printers? Where were the pigmented inks from the major players? What does this all mean? Will these inks and the printers that use them truly offer a significant alternative for strike offs? Will this lead to short run production? Here is one perspective.
Read rest of article - click here. Test drive a selection of various large format printers in person in the FLAAR facilities at the university [USA] Before you spend lots of money on any wide format inkjet printer you absolutely need to do print samples with your own images and the kind of image provided by your clients.
Do not rely on the stock photos provided by the printer, ink, media, or RIP manufacturer or reseller. They may be using special images which they know in advance will look fabulous on their printer. 
Equally well, if you send your sample images to the dealer, don't be surprised if they come back looking awful. That is because many dealers won't make a serious effort to tweak their machine for your kind of image. They may use fast speed print mode just to get the job done (this will result in low quality low dpi).
Besides, what you really need is your same image printed on several different printers. BGSU labA clever option is to bring your images on a CD or ZIP disk to the FLAAR facility at BGSU. Here you can test your images yourself on an Iris 3047 giclee printer (Ixia version), Mimaki JV4 (with textile inks for silk, cotton, polyester, etc) ...
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CAD & DIGITAL PRINTING R.A. Smart has pioneered Digital Printing direct onto fabric in the UK. We are in the unique position to draw on years of experience in traditional textile screenprinting and CAD systems for Screenmaking, Design, Colour Management and Digital Printing software. This knowledge and expertise keeps R.A. Smart at the forefront of this cutting edge technology within our industry and all our customers benefit whether utilizing our bureau service or purchasing a full textile digital system for their own requirements. Read rest of article - click here.
This one and many others can be found in my collection, and I have put books on silk painting on this website, click here to check out the Books page [a new window will open as it is outside the Membership Area]. You can do an Amazon search for whichever country you are in.  The Best of Silk Painting by Diane Tuckman & Jan Janas
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