DIY: Pineapple Top
Today is the turn of a DIY in collaboration with Escorpion, a Catalan brand specialized in great quality knit garments. I've customized one of their colourful tops inspired by the geometrical origami designs, in this case, taking the tropical pineapple as pattern to print. I knew Escorpion closely some summers ago in a show in 080 Barcelona Fashion and have been able to enjoy more of their shows in other editions of the event. So, let's start with the step-by-step tutorial!
Materials: Top, card and cutter, masking tape, acrylic paint, sponge, blue acrylic paint.
Draw the desired shape on a card; in this case an apple with straight comtours. Cut with scissors or cutter. Use the stencil to draw the shape with a pencil on the top, this way it will be easier to create the borders with masking tape of the pineapple that we are going to print.
Create all the contour of the fruit with the masking tape. It will stay during all the painting process. However, other pieces of masking tape will be added and removed to crate the internal shapes. Start at the part of the leaves and create different shapes using different tones of green with acrylic paint. Put the acrylic paint on a plastic dish or a piece of card and dampen the sponge on it. Press the sponge all over the shape to want to cover. Repeat the process until all the fruit is complete. tale out the masking tape and let it dry. Iron heat will fix the paint to the fabric.
And there you have your original printed top. Do you like it? Fun, colourful and very tropical.
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Did you use a special acrylic paint for this project or any regular acrylic paint would work?
Love the origami-inspired design. When I paint designs on tees, I always stick a sheet of sandpaper inside the top to make the work surface space more stable.