Lots of dyeing took place the other day. I have always painted and have mixed colours in many different mediums so it intrigues me as to why I find the mixing and application of dye to fabric so fascinating. I think part of it is the way it takes on a life of its own. The technique of dyeing in plastic bags give fabrics a mottled texture, parfait dyeing creates unique fabrics with different colour combinations every time. If you just played with the same three colours you will always get a new and exciting combination of pattern and colour appear every time you emptied that jar.
Below are some of the parfait jars I set up and the resulting fabrics.
The fabric for the first jar is on the left of this photo, the piece on the right was just left over dye on wet fabric.
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| Yellow Magenta and Turqouise Parfait |
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| Green, Orange and Purple Parfait |
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| Orange Parfait Fabric |
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| Purple Parfait |
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| Green Parfait |
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| Dyed fabric drying on the line |
Fascinating stuff! I have bought wax and other things to play with so a whole new world is about to open up, watch this space!!
Bye for now.
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