When you paint denim, you have to remember that this material is made out of woven yarn, which creates diagonal groove lines across the fabric. It’s dull in appearance and usually quite thick.

Jacquard Dye-Na Flow fabric paint is easy to use, sets with the swipe of a hot iron, and leaves clothing soft and pliable rather than stiff and plastic-y.

Dickey and colleagues from NC State, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea and RMIT University in Australia set out to develop a simple, cost-effective way to deposit metal coatings on fabric.