No Flow,Stop Flow, Anti-Diffusant, Anti-Fusant

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933668627152548301.post-35097342253813681422008-03-28T16:21:00.000-07:002008-03-28T16:45:17.072-07:00No Flow,Stop Flow, Anti-Diffusant, Anti-Fusant<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182937209256421682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H4UB91ZSk3E/R-197nLiKTI/AAAAAAAAAwE/a6uQdPF9Xbs/s400/painting+on+No+Flow+1.jpg" border="0" /> One of my QU students asked me about a product that I SHOULD be familiar with but am not...until today. It is made by Jacquard and is called by a whole boat load of names which has always amused me but not enough to investigate it...until today.This first picture is how "No-Flow Primer, Stop-Flow, Anti-Diffusant, Anti-Fusant" looks when it is applied to silk habotai. It looks and feels and acts like very diluted water soluable gutta resist. Maybe that is what it is. Maybe we could all save a bundle of cash by just thinning down our stuff and be done with it, I don't know yet. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182937204961454370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_H4UB91ZSk3E/R-197XLiKSI/AAAAAAAAAv8/UypgWtL2nTQ/s400/Painted+on+No+Flow+2.jpg" border="0" /> So what I did for my first experiment was to paint on three bands of "NFPSFADAF". I was wondering how I would know where it was on the silk since it is clear or kind of milky looking. You can see that it leaves a dark place where it is wet. As it dries the lines fade but you can still see where the stuff is when you come back with the dyes.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182937196371519762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H4UB91ZSk3E/R-1963LiKRI/AAAAAAAAAv0/4gaH7kB0evA/s400/painted+on+No+Flow+3+dyed.jpg" border="0" />Next step was to paint on the dyes. I painted a 1" line across the entire piece with blue and then green Procion MX with the chemicals added as you can see. Notice that right away, the places that have the Flow Stop keep the 1" line in tact while the open spaces do what silk does best- the dyes spread and merge! So far, so good! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182937196371519746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H4UB91ZSk3E/R-1963LiKQI/AAAAAAAAAvs/M8JVzb6LJX8/s400/Painted+on+No+Flow+detail+4.jpg" border="0" />Here is a detail shot of the bands of color. Awesome! Look how well this works! I'm excited about the possibilities! Next step when the dyes are dry will be to wash out the resist. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182937192076552434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H4UB91ZSk3E/R-196nLiKPI/AAAAAAAAAvk/wQBTdMiVbR4/s400/Painted+on+No+Flow+finished+5.jpg" border="0" />Here is the piece finished. One thing that happened that will be something to watch for in future uses of this product will be that in a few places I must have applied too much No Flow because the dye did NOT go through so there is a white line. Those places were pretty slimy when I rinsed them and felt a lot like gutta does when dissolving. You can't see it in this picture. One other thing- the places that HAD the Stop Flow contained the dyes in a much more localized (or concentrated) place so those bands are darker in color than the places where the dyes bled and spread and are a lighter shade than the 1" bands! Very interesting. I certainly will be playing with this product some more. Love it! Love having a new toy too. Thank you, Kristin for the question that led me to something new.Marjiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513588281070693079noreply@blogger.com