Module 6-Chapter 4-Fabrics and Threads-Colouring and Bonding

As always, when it comes to dyeing fabric and threads, I had a lot of fun.

I couldn't make up my mind yet as to which colors I should concentrate though, as both, water and sky, offer so many different beautiful ones. One of the colors I'll definitely choose is the color blue.

4a: some of these fabrics have been dyed and then discharged, or painted with thickened dyes

4b: not a very successful dyeing as some of the fabrics weren't 100% coton. Nevertheless I like the softer colors of these fabrics

4c

 

4d: dyed scrims

I realized to late that I wasn't supposed to produce patterns and shapes in my fabric samples. Samples 4e to 4j show fabrics that have been discharged with marks added with fabric crayons. They might be useful at some stage😔  

4e

4f

4g

4h

4i

4j

4k: silk that has been pleated before being painted with thickened procion dyes

Samples 4l to 4n show fabrics that have been painted with procion dyes. The fabric was left wet to make the colors flow.

4l

4m

4n

Samples 4o and p were dyed with the ice dyeing technique. I love the effects you get with it.

4o

4p: ice dyed silks

Samples 4r to 4s show polyester fabrics that have been colored with transfer dyes painted on paper before being ironed onto the fabric. The structure of the ironing board made the fabric catch the color unevenly, an effect I quite like and which you can see on the far right sample in 4r

4q

4r

4s

Painted transfer adhesive: this is definitely my favourite exercise. I love the subtle marks this makes on the fabric, especially if you iron it onto a dyed background fabric like in 4v. Depending on how diluted or how opaque the color is, the effect is much different. 

4t: mark with Inktense crayon and blocks on fabrics

4u: rubbings with Neocolor II Aquarelle of some of my rubbing plates 

 

4v: in the three first samples diluted acrylic paint was applied to the paper, for the fourth sample marks were made with wax crayons 

In samples Kooh-I-Noors were applied to the paper. The colors are much weaker when the paper is ironed onto the fabric but I think the effects are quite lovely.

4w

4x

And finally the threads, ranging from cotons to wool and silk

Sunset colors a and b

The blues

Muddy waters