Shibori with Paint and Photoshop

Last week I was looking again at my Citrsolv experiments, which resulted in some pretty cool textural prints,  but needed more of a focal point to create interest.

 

Many artists use these Citrasolv papers as background for collages. If you don't know about this process a good video to find about about it is one by Cathy Taylor of Cheap Joes's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FskgfDxI__M  The Citrsolv website is also a great place to check out what artists are doing with this technique,  http://citrasolv.com/  Once there, go to Artist Support.  Basically, you use a natural, citrus based cleaning product called Citrasolv, which you can buy online or at health food stores.  You apply it to pages in a National Geographic magazine, shut the magazine, let it sit for 2 to 24 hours, then open it up to see the interesting results obtained through the ink being dissolved by the cleaner. 

This last week I layered a photo of a shibori piece over a couple of my Citrasolv pieces, increasing the transparency of the top piece.  This is what resulted.

Here is a photo of the  Shibori piece. I did this with paint, rather than dye, something else I've been wanting to try.  I rather like it, and it was much easier than using dye.  The fabric is not quite as soft however.

Above are photos of the layered images.