Happy Easter to you all.
Easter is here with the promise of Spring, new lambs and flowers. We are taking a week off to recharge our batteries and will be back in the studio bursting with new creative ideas on Tuesday, 7 April.
Happy Easter to you all.
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Most of us like shoes - and some of us love them. Here's a picture printed on fabric using Colourist paints.
The great news is that you can now buy Colourist Heat Transfer Paints online. Just click on he 'Buy' button and start ordering. This makes it much easier and quicker for you and we spend less time on the phone taking orders and more making paint. Win, win!
Let us know what you think of the system as there are sure to be improvements we can make as we go along. Looking forward to hearing from you...... We've been busy on Twitter recently, building up our followers and being very pro-active about our paints. We'd appreciate all the support you can give so please follow us and retweet our posts if you find them interesting. Also we love to hear what you think so reply if you get a moment.
Christmas is almost here so we are busy with gift orders. January sees the start of a new academic term of course so if you are planning to order then, get those messages in as soon as you can to avoid delays. Thanks to everyone for your support this year and have a very happy time over the festivities. We're updating the range at the moment making small changes to labels and packaging generally.
Also we're discontinuing the 30ml bottle range. This won't affect most of you as most of our sales are in larger sizes. Now that we have moved to our new permanent studio we are able to concentrate on more demonstrations so expect to see Colourist at education trade shows in 2015. We are also going to add a gallery page to the website so you can send us pictures of the work you do and we can show it off here! We'll acknowledge everyone's work with the name and contact details and we're hoping to show lots of exciting and different images to illustrate the many ways you are also using Colourist paints. Please get in touch if you'd like to be included. It's been a busy few months at Colourist as we have incorporated the Paint Me brand used by pottery studios in Europe and the USA, into the Colourist range. This has brought a lot of advantages to Paint Me customers offering a greater range of colours and bottle sizes. It also means we can concentrate on building visibility for the Colourist name. If you are a Paint Me customer visiting the Colourist website for the first time check out the colour range page and see the exciting extra colours you can now include in your range.
We've also been developing our new studio in Wiltshire which will be ready in Spring 2014. As a result of the building works we had a few problems with BT resulting in us having to change our telephone number again. So sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. Our number is now 01672 851153. The new studio will be amazing and we will update the blog as soon as we are in there. Also keep us updated with your projects. We always love to see new work being created using the paints. Abstract Coasters Make these shiny, durable, wipeable coasters in minutes – and if you are going for a whole table setting look, you can make table mats too. What you need Printable coasters – get them from Xpres.co.uk/Sublimation printables Colourist Heat Transfer Paints – get them from www.colourist.info Ordinary white paper Paint brushes – one for each colour Paint palette or plate for paint An iron – a steam iron or a dry iron Choose your Colourist colours. For the coaster in the pic we used Aqua, Lime and Super Black Pour a little of each colour onto a palette or plate Paint your design onto ordinary white paper. Ordinary printer paper is fine Paint one design for each coaster Let the paint dry. It will take only a few minutes depending how much paint you use. If you want to speed it up use a hair dryer Heat the iron to the hottest setting Cover a flat surface with a cloth or mat to protect the surface from the heat of the iron Place your coaster on the protective surface. If you are using coasters with a film cover remember to peel off the film before printing Position your design face down on the coaster Start ironing over the design keeping the iron moving all the time. (If you leave the iron in one position the steam holes will show on your design). Make sure you don’t let the paper move while you are ironing. Keep the iron moving over the design for at least five minutes. Cover all areas of the coaster as equally as you can to get a flat finish When you've ironed five minutes or more, lift the iron off the design. Still holding the paper in place, carefully lift one corner. If the colour looks faded or uneven, continue to iron the design until the colour is deep enough When you're happy with the colour, lift the iron off and place in a safe place to cool down After printing the coaster will be hot so leave it to cool for a few seconds. Then lift off the paper design and the coaster is ready to use – wipeable and colourfast. Just finishing an order going to Japan. Although we have sent paint to the Far East before we are hoping that lots more Japanese textile artists and crafters will be trying out heat transfer printing soon. We are aiming to get to all quarters of the globe eventually. If you are reading this in a far away place make a comment so we know you are there!
Exciting times at Colourist as we move into a new phase with the website, Facebook page and blog. Less time to make samples however which isn't so good. Here is a design painted a while ago by Newbury artist Debbie Rodgers who works a lot with the paints. She designed our logo too.
This image is printed onto a T-shirt. It is a really popular one with the school children who we do workshops with. It was made using Colourist colours brown, red, blue, black, magenta and gold. Designing doesn't always involve drawing. A while ago a friend did this drip design which involved letting big drops of Colourist Heat Transfer Paint fall onto the paper then tipping the sheet so the paint ran down like raindrops on a window. This design was made using Yellow, Blue and Hot Pink.
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