To Serve and Protect

I'm working on image transfer techniques. Here's what I did for this piece:

• Used matte gel to coat a square of wet muslin and black and white inkjet image
• Placed the image face-down on the muslin and rubbed the paper until a faint outline of the image appeared.
• Let the muslin dry, then sprayed the adhered paper with water and rubbed it off using a sponge. The transferred image is completely married to the muslin at this stage.
• Turned the muslin over (image face-down) and applied fabric ink. The ink bled through faintly to the image.
• Let the muslin dry, then applied a light wash of fabric paint on the front of the image and let that dry.
• Applied matte medium to seal the paint.
• Tore the edges of the muslin to create a slight fringed effect.
• Applied muslin image to an old money bag with double-sided interfacing.