More Introduction To Dye Work

I took one for the team, and took pictures of the rest of my dye samples today, sheesh! my natural dye samples were small already, so i had pasted them into a notebook. i just took pictures of those samples instead of digging through my scrap bin, if you're wondering why they look so tiny! here we go! also, the pictures are HUGE, so if you click on it, you can see a lot of detail.

Pomegranate and Iron on Wool 

 Pomegranite and Alum on Wool

 Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Vat Dye on Unbeached Cotton

  Natural Dye, Tumeric and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Onion Skins and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Merigold and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

  Natural Dye, Berry Tea and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Logwood and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Madder and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Cochineal and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

   Natural Dye, Black Tea and Alum, on Silk, Wool, and Cotton

Discharging Colour from Fabric. 

Fashion Construction

This is my first fashion construction project. I've done many since then, but this is the only one i've photographed. The assignment is 4-6 seam garment (a tshirt is usually 8). Here is what i made.

Photoshoot Number Two

Our second photoshoot was a "draping" assignment, it involved wrapping a 3meter piece of fabric around our body forms until we had no ideas left. Then, we cut holes into the fabric, wrapped them around the body form, and then patched the holes with the piece that was cut out. When we found something we liked, we could use buttons, pins etc to hold it in place, then paint it. I painted mine with india ink (NOTE: india ink is not permanent. it will rub off on everything even when it dries). my original plan didn't work out, i realized i didn't attach it at the right place, so i had to change my idea at the last minute. oh well, here are some of the pictures. A few of them were taken by Stella Ducklow, a girl in my class; those ones have logos in the corner. This dress is a rectangle when its not folded.

the beautiful ink all over me

The Reason I Usually Have Rainbow Hands

I am taking an introduction to dye class right now. This is the work we had done as far as midterm. The original images for these photos are HUGE so if you want to see details, click on them. 

 Acid Dye Wool

Acid Dye Wool

Acid Dye Wool

Acid Dye Silk

Acid Dye Silk

Acid Dye Silk

Potato Dextrin Resist with application dye on Cotton

Corn Dextrin Resist, Application Dye on Cotton

Tie Dye on Cotton

Application Dye, Cotton

This is my dye book i created. It is every colour i can make with cotton dye. 

Mid Term Project, Fabric dyed with a theme:
Food Fabric

Lemon Meringue Pie 

 Rocket Popsickles

Pumpkin Pie 

Butterscotch Swirl Icecream