...that's what she said

this weekend i am experimenting with different print techniques to try to get that word search print (see below) to work out.

i think discharge paste may work. (if the name wasn't enough, the stuff is white and goopy).

but i'm running into a couple of problems already. firstly, i can't find monagum, alginate, or some other solution anyway. you need one of these thing because they act as a thickener. printing with straight bleach is like printing with water. i'm not sure if mixing the bleach with ink extender will work. and i wonder if alginate you put in food could work....but that's what experimenting is for!

so i've been googlin' and this is what i've found:

this is a great site, very inexpensive. they have everything i ever need, but not local...
http://www.prochemicalanddye.com/home.php

this is local, but after calling them...they don't have what i need
http://www.multicraftink.com/

anyway, i've been finding a few sites like that. but then realized: i think can you only discharge on fabric? (...again: horrible wording)

so, that's another thing to experiment with. i have a feeling none of these will really work and i will end up printing on transparencies....but! i want to try.

i'm pretty excited about this. i don't really know what the result will be. i know what i want it to look like, but i have no idea how to get there. should be a fun process!