St Giminano is the sample sketch book page I am using for the meeting on February 5th. It shows use of layers, blending modes, layer styles,eraser and text. There are at least eight layers here, and the hard edge on the right is still to be eased into the backgound.
Papers to try printing onto include those from www.Hahnemuhle.de (excellent range of all types of "art" papers, I bought mine at the Patchings Festival, but they are often at the shows. Daler Rowney Art Papers, again from a show. This range includes a true canvas which is stitchable. Crafty Computer offers papers of all sorts. There are many on line sources of papers aimed at artists and photographers. Try all your regular papers too. Try printing different layers on to different papers and physically layering them up. Use Fabric instead of paper.
This is the blog of the Designs On Textiles group who are a bunch of people who use the computer as a design tool for their textile work.
Welcome
Hi,
Welcome to the blog of the DOT group. This blog was designed to keep members up to date with what went on at our meetings, but if you are not a member, you are very welcome to read our posts anyway.
DOT, or Designs On Textiles was formed by a group of like minded individuals who use the computer as a design tool for their textile work. Members have a range of abilities from total beginners to old hands. Most of us are in to stitched textiles in some form, but we do have a machine knitter and a hand knitter as well. We meet once every 3 months for a day of exploration and sharing, and a good old natter.
Our base is in Nottingham, and we are all members of the Computer Textile Design Group (CTDG) which is an international version of DOT. There are other local groups around the country, so if you are interested in joining one, simply contact the CTDG for details of where to find us all. You can contact DOT by leaving a comment or emailing one of the members via this blog.
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Papers to try printing onto include those from www.Hahnemuhle.de (excellent range of all types of "art" papers, I bought mine at the Patchings Festival, but they are often at the shows.
Daler Rowney Art Papers, again from a show. This range includes a true canvas which is stitchable. Crafty Computer offers papers of all sorts. There are many on line sources of papers aimed at artists and photographers. Try all your regular papers too. Try printing different layers on to different papers and physically layering them up. Use Fabric instead of paper.
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