Update on the Shibori:
Tie dyed Ottoman rib fabric for a loose kimono jacket
Kimono design
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Shibori kimono
This kimono and others like it will available in my shop soon!
Tie dyed jacket
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To my dyeing day No.2!!
Two metres of wide fabric is a lot to dye!!
- The first piece is very deep pink – all over liquid procion dye applied with a wide brush. I left the fabric covered with plastic sheet over night to get a really saturated colour.
- Shibori dyed with liquid indigo coloured procion dye. Cured 22 hours
3. Brush painting in strong pink, orange, yellow and green and black procion dye paste. Cured 20 hours
I poured the black dye paste into a silk paint bottle with a fine nib and drew the black outlines of pattern onto the fabric and then added the other colours with a brush. It was very random and I just had to keep going not really knowing what the outcome would be. The main problem I had was to get the black dye paste to flow evenly from the paint bottle. The nib was a little to narrow and I think un-mixed dye particles clogged it easily – a lesson for next time.
The finished design is really experimental and unpolished but I will persevere!
Here are the finished fabrics ready to be made into jackets this week – with some extra embellishment:
To my dyeing day No. 1!
Actually two dyeing days as I spent the first day experimenting with dye colours and techniques on small samples of white cotton fabric that had been pre-soaked in a solution of soda ash for 3 hours.
I am very lucky to have a great assistant for a few days – Carmen is a fashion photography student who is doing 20 hours work experience with me and her work is included in the following sample images.
Techniques:
- Lino printing – with a thickened procion dye paste
- Brush painting with both liquid procion dye and paste
- Combining the two techniques
Dye samples covered with clingfilm to prevent drying and left to cure over night – 18 hours
The results are interesting as I have never used dyes like this before and, although the samples are rather rough and ready, there is potential. The lino print is not as good as I hoped – some lines are indistinct as it is difficult to apply the dye paste evenly. I find using a brush is the best method as it gives me better control over the dye placement than with a roller.
So tomorrow I will jump in to this wonderful world of colour and dye 6 meters of beautiful Ottoman Rib Viscose/cotton fabric to make three colourful fabrics for jackets:
- Plain colour – a strong pink mixing a little scarlet not magenta dye powder
- Shibori tie dye with indigo procion dye
- Brush designs in three – four colours with Ikat patterns in mind.
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Shibori
Dye painting
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