David's T-Shirt I spent the day yesterday with my Textures Fiber Arts group having fun doing an artist development day. Most of our artists were able to attend and we had a great time.
Our day started at 10AM as we all met at Sharon's house. She has a perfect setup for a play day. Large workshop area with lots of table space and a work sink for washing and rinsing.
We started the day with Sharon talking about ice dyeing and walking us through her setup and showing the fabulous results she has gotten. I am really inspired and hope to go get a bag of ice so that I can do some experimenting on my own. My fabric is soaking in soda ash as I type. She has dyed on cotton and radiance fabrics (silk/cotton blend) and they are beautiful. It is a very serendipitous process so you just have to go with the flow (or melt). Here is an example of some of her work.
Our day started at 10AM as we all met at Sharon's house. She has a perfect setup for a play day. Large workshop area with lots of table space and a work sink for washing and rinsing.
We started the day with Sharon talking about ice dyeing and walking us through her setup and showing the fabulous results she has gotten. I am really inspired and hope to go get a bag of ice so that I can do some experimenting on my own. My fabric is soaking in soda ash as I type. She has dyed on cotton and radiance fabrics (silk/cotton blend) and they are beautiful. It is a very serendipitous process so you just have to go with the flow (or melt). Here is an example of some of her work.
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Trish's T-shirt I was the demo person for the DeColourant portion of the workshop. Some of the artists were familiar or had worked with it before and wanted to create samples for controlled results.
I started the DeColourant demo showing everyone how stencils, stamps and other objects can be used to put the product on different types of fabric. I used a variety of makeup sponges, stencil brushes, regular paint brushes, foam brushes and wine corks. Just about anything you can put paint on can be used for applying DeColourant.
I like to overlap my designs so they integrate with each other. I like blending the colors together as this also gives a cohesive look to the design. I do this by either "painting" the colors through the stencil and overlapping them or blending them on the stamps. By using colors near each other on the color wheel I get a nice secondary color blend. On the T-shirts I use a sky blue, a lime green and a pearl white.
Everyone came away with great pieces that can be used in future projects. Has your group done a similar play day? What did you learn?
Several more examples of what we did are on the Textures blog.
I started the DeColourant demo showing everyone how stencils, stamps and other objects can be used to put the product on different types of fabric. I used a variety of makeup sponges, stencil brushes, regular paint brushes, foam brushes and wine corks. Just about anything you can put paint on can be used for applying DeColourant.
I like to overlap my designs so they integrate with each other. I like blending the colors together as this also gives a cohesive look to the design. I do this by either "painting" the colors through the stencil and overlapping them or blending them on the stamps. By using colors near each other on the color wheel I get a nice secondary color blend. On the T-shirts I use a sky blue, a lime green and a pearl white.
Everyone came away with great pieces that can be used in future projects. Has your group done a similar play day? What did you learn?
Several more examples of what we did are on the Textures blog.
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