Had a go at painting the dyes directly onto pre-treated (soaked in soda solution) fabric, using the method in Ruth Issetts book "Colour on Cloth"The first photo is when wet, the second when dry and the third when washed. I like soft muted colours so the final piece was pleasing but will need further experimentation to produce strong colours. Having never used Urea when dyeing fabric only salt i replaced the "Chemical Water" (recipe in the book) which contains Urea with a salt solution. I do like to go along on my own merry way sometimes!
Perhaps the inclusion of Urea would deepen the colour??? Any tips gratefully recieved. I used a pippette to "splodge" the dye onto the fabric, liking the feathery look it gave. My try to get a darker finished piece or may not as softer tones are much more me.
2 comments:
You have been a busy girl! This worked really well. Must have a play with this when we have our next snippit of time together.Love the colours and the wave effect.
Hi Dot - this is so pretty - love the pattern you made. When last in a dye class, I realised I was being too 'mean' with the strength of dye generally, at home! I think you might get stronger/brighter colour if the dye solution is 'stronger'. Val
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