Flocking and foiling

Flocking on cotton organdie

Flocking is a method of applying a raised design onto fabric by printing a special glue and then heat pressing a flocked paper onto the preglued fabric .Two of the least successful samples of flocking . I would like to find a way of flocking onto a fine fabric without the supporting paper you need to heat press sticking to the back of the fabric . This does not happen with heavier fabric as the glue does not penetrate through. This technique is reminiscent of devore .


Flocking on viscose satin .



Tree image foiled onto cotton .

Samples using the tree screen using the technique of "foiling"to apply a metallic image to fabric by printing a special glue on to the fabric and then heat pressing a foil on to this .
As with the laser cuts the negative image left on the foil is as interesting as the image on the fabric . I feel I would use it sparingly say just one leaf on a pre printed design to give that sense of luxury .


The foil paper after use.