Funky dyed Kitchen Paper Tutorial

Funky Dyed Kitchen Paper Tutorial

Do you like easy, funky, handmade backgrounds for your atc or altered art projects?

Take a look at this technique of creating great kitchen towel backgrounds using Ranger’s Adirondack Colour Wash and a microwave oven!

Takes just minutes to do!

You will need the following items - plain kitchen paper ( two ply or the thicker stuff, it doesn’t matter), several Adirondack sprays as mentioned, an old plate, a little water, a microwave oven, some old newspaper.

Step one - dampen the plate with a little water and spray on one colour after another. I used three colours for this example.
Step two - saturate one towel then another one on top to absorb all the colourwash.

Step three - mop around the plate with the scrunched up paper.

Step 4 - Flatten the sheets one on top of the other and bake in the microwave on full power for about 2 mins or until the colours lighten and make a nice tie-die sort of pattern. Turn the papers over and repeat for a little while if you want to.

Step 5 - use an old iron and press flat on the newspaper (this just saves your ironing board getting messy).

Step 6 - cut to size as shown.




The effect will turn out differently every time you do this technique. The water boiling and evaporating through the paper thicknesses give you the pattern. Be careful not to leave in too long though - it could catch fire! You can elaborate on this technique by using more than two sheets at a time, using baby wipes, adding other paints such as acrylics on the plate, gold and silver coloured paint, inks, or try adding bleach. Work in a well ventilated room - always, and gloves are recommended top avoid staining! Most of all, have fun!