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craftgrrlSome of what I've been up to in school (biggish pix):
Itajime (clamping and dyeing) on unbleached cotton, folded into kikko (tortoiseshell) pattern and dyed twice, once a rusty orange pumpkin pie color, then a more-subtle-in-person golden yellow. I'm trying to remember how to kill the automatic super contrasty feature of my scanner. Just a section shown, but the whole thing looks basically like this. If you fold consistently, itajime is not a very random technique.
Adire alesso (scrunching) and arashi shibori (pole-wrapping) on unbleached muslin. The adire alesso was done first in what's been termed by the class "acid pops green" and then it was pole-wrapped and dyed with black. Various sections shown here, closer to original colors than the kikko one.
And this is yet more unbleached muslin that I intend to dye tomorrow, probably with indigo. The rows of stitching should become mokume shibori (woodgrain pattern) and the outline of the maple leaf is being resisted with ori-nui.
If you're in college, check your catalog for something like "textile design" or "intro to fibers" under the art department at a general school or the fibers department at an art school. You don't have to take a class to do this, though. If you want to learn it on your own (which I did before I took this class), look for this book and I suggest ProMX dyes which we use in school. You can get them and instructions for their use from prochemical.com or dharmatrading.com, and no, I don't get paid to tell you that. :) They both ship quickly and reasonably priced (for the US anyway), and I'm pretty sure they also ship to other countries but can't vouch for reasonable pricing there. Shame how many companies are great about domestic shipping but charge way more than necessary for international, isn't it?
Itajime (clamping and dyeing) on unbleached cotton, folded into kikko (tortoiseshell) pattern and dyed twice, once a rusty orange pumpkin pie color, then a more-subtle-in-person golden yellow. I'm trying to remember how to kill the automatic super contrasty feature of my scanner. Just a section shown, but the whole thing looks basically like this. If you fold consistently, itajime is not a very random technique.
Adire alesso (scrunching) and arashi shibori (pole-wrapping) on unbleached muslin. The adire alesso was done first in what's been termed by the class "acid pops green" and then it was pole-wrapped and dyed with black. Various sections shown here, closer to original colors than the kikko one.
And this is yet more unbleached muslin that I intend to dye tomorrow, probably with indigo. The rows of stitching should become mokume shibori (woodgrain pattern) and the outline of the maple leaf is being resisted with ori-nui.
If you're in college, check your catalog for something like "textile design" or "intro to fibers" under the art department at a general school or the fibers department at an art school. You don't have to take a class to do this, though. If you want to learn it on your own (which I did before I took this class), look for this book and I suggest ProMX dyes which we use in school. You can get them and instructions for their use from prochemical.com or dharmatrading.com, and no, I don't get paid to tell you that. :) They both ship quickly and reasonably priced (for the US anyway), and I'm pretty sure they also ship to other countries but can't vouch for reasonable pricing there. Shame how many companies are great about domestic shipping but charge way more than necessary for international, isn't it?
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