gardenaquatics

Hi, My name is Jun and I am an artist in Tokyo. It's been for almost twenty five years, I spent life with creating prints, drawings and tile paintings.

In 2009 I opened Etsy shop with a bag called "Etching Aquatint Bag" , blue and white. At the beginning, someone asked me to make eco bags, then I repeated some experiments to get better impression on the cotton surface instead of paper. The outcome looked "question", as the sense wasn't transferred. After some trials, I found the best result by printing in blue and white that looked like a dyed indigo fabric.
After repeating press the aquatint plate, some part of image often fades away. I chose chrome plating surface for protection which is effectively working after printing hundreds of bags.

If you are thinking of printing your own bag, I would say your bag should be slightly wet, like to use garden spray for it. You also need a cushion inside of the bag, I also use a wet printing paper together with tissue paper. These combinations work and you will get impression better. They should be blotted well too.
If you succeeded the print, let's go shopping with your bag!
It's fantastic.