I have been asked to expand upon my earlier post about triad dyeing. I don’t think this is a technical dyeing term but it does describe the triangular arrangement that arises when you take three initial colours (not necessarily primaries) and apply the following dye ratios: 8:1:1 5:4:1 4:1:5 1:8:1 1:5:4 1:1:8 I use procion dyes and this […]
Technique:Dyeing
Dyeing with Chantel
My sister and I spent some time messing up David’s workshop dyeing yesterday. I was keen to try out a bottle of Batik- EZ Resist Medium that I picked up a while ago. Inspired by one of her favourite interactive sites (Create Your Own Snowflake) and demonstrating infinitely more patience than yours truly, Chantel made […]
Playing with Colours
I thoroughly enjoyed my dyeing workshop yesterday. In addition to reinforcing some techniques I was familiar with, I tried some new exercises. Here are some indicative results – gradient of greens; transition from blue to fuschia; and a triadic set: And here are some resist/shibori pieces. The first is folded fabric and the second […]
My Own Promise of Joy
Over at Material Obsession, a very funky Sydney patchwork store, they refer to a pile of new fabrics begging to be cut up as a “promise of joy”. I’d go a step back again, this 20 metre bolt of 60″ wide white homespun fabric (with dye pots resting on top) represents such potential: I bought […]
We Just Dyed
Here are the results of our dyeing day: Can you tell that we are sisters? And I am inching ever closer to my new blog as Liz kindly referred me to this WordPress thread which in turn linked me to this clever solution which allowed me to transfer the majority of my posts, images and […]
Larch Shibori
As promised, here are my last two shibori style pieces (emphasis on last): This one has 25 circles and was loosely intended for my challenge quilt for the guild’s 25th anniversary. Once again, this photo does not do justice to the rich curry colour: