Environmentally friendly potato printing

While I was doing research for my collection for the Ecochic Design Award I was looking for a cheap and organic way of doing prints on fabric. As part of this process I decided to see what I already had available in the kitchen to see if I could make prints from anything. I was in luck. In the kitchen I found a few potatoes that we had bought for dinner and I thought to myself ‘lets make potatoes prints’!

I’m sure some of you would have done this before in primary school. It’s a cheap and very simple way to make prints on a wide variety of surfaces.

With potatoes in hand I went back to my room and began carving with my wood carving tool set. 

 

Using water coloring and document prints in my sketch book 

Here is what the prints look like.

Experimenting with more designs

End result

It certainly works! The only thing is that you can’t keep your potato stencils. It only lasts a day or two. I only experimented with water color this time and managed to make a few cute cards out of these lovely potatoes. My next project is to use fabric paint and try to print on fabrics. Hopefully it will work. 

Happy carving ❤