Monday, June 22, 2009

Bleach Discharge Line Drawings


Here are some more bleach discharge experiments. I wanted to see if I could get some finer control over where the bleach went. This time, I used Electrasol liquid dish washer detergent with bleach, and put it into an empty glue bottle. It was a little bit too thick to get through the nozzle, so I had a little bit of a hard time squeezing it through, but not bad for a first try. The piece that is in the upper left, I did by squeezing a large amount onto the countertop, and swirling it around with my rubber faux finishing tool, and then laying the fabric on top. Got my counter nice and shiny too!

2 comments:

Julie Bagamary said...

Nice results. I've used Clorox's bleach pen with good success.

Kathy said...

I love this technique. Have you seen the whole cloth quilt that was done with just bleach?? I saw it at the Houston Quilt Show last year. It was a picture of a woman by a fireplace with baskets and other stuff I don't remember. It was done by a man!! I have a hard time using a bleach pen - I have no idea how he did this quilt - and it was big.