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I have the tendency to put the same colors next to each other when using the parfait dyeing technique (which is essentially layering fabrics and dyes in a big jar). So I had some friends list off a bunch of colors, that I then plugged into a random list generator. I took the first seven colors, in order, and that's what I went with.
So this, from left to right, is pale yellow, grey, teal, aubergine, red, gold, chocolate brown. (I dyed a lot of other fabrics that day, so it's possible I'm wrong on one of these, but to the best of my guessin' abilities, this is correct.)
This is a medium-weight hemp/organic cotton fabric.
I haven't uploaded a picture on here in FOREVER, so I decided to just add a picture of my most recent tie dye. The double spiral is definitely my favorite of the 5 shirts, too bad I made them for my sister's birthday. Oh well, I'll just be making more this week for camp.
So I’m back home and all of my doll heads have been soaking in water for a week to get rid of excess dye. None of the heads have faded at all unlike my Black Francie custom that did within a few days so that’s interest. Also I tried carving out the hole in Midge’s head to fit a modern body and turns out the dye penetrated the vinyl instead of just sitting on top of the surface like Rit dye so that’s weird too.
I also tried dyeing a Liv body but I noticed it wasn’tdyeing evenly in the hot water so I left it in the pot of dye for over a week and just pulled it out now.
Weirdly enough the entire back of the liv body dyed pretty evenly while the front didn’t? And the thing is, the body was being dyed with the legs folded and the torso curled up to fit the pot so it couldn’t be a case of the body floating up while dyeing and i made sure the body was fully submerged with weighted balls of foil.
Also I think the thighs and calves shrunk as well since this body is a bit shorter too. Not sure if I’ll just spray paint over this or I’ll just make her have vitiligo.
Oliver is too young to play around with egg dye, so he has to settle for plain old white eggs. That's ok, he claims they're more authentic that way.
A couple of interesting things around Dyer today, May 9. Here's one of them, Q643 running south in daylight. I don't know what the circumstances were, but this is last night's 643, Q643-08. Moving yesterday's freight today. Interesting trailing unit is HLCX 3816, who started out life as an L&N GP38-2. Wonder if it travelled through here when the L&N owned the Monon?
Turmeric powder mixed with alcohol to create an anthotype dye. This dye creates a violently yellow color.
Found this guy idling in the siding at Dyer on CSX's Monon Sub. A one unit wonder with about 3000 ft of covered hoppers, most of them "shorties," but some conventional PS types, too. No crew on board, so who knows how long he'll sit there.
Housed in the University of Glasgow’s Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and the Library Research Annexe (LRA) are a number of nineteenth century books about dyeing and printing, which hold beautifully patterned fabrics and colourful yarns between their pages. These books were originally used in the textile industry, and our collection holds both dyeing manuals – with technical instructions and scientific details about the dyes – and pattern books – which dyers used to list client orders and record experiments performed in their dye-house.
Many dye chemists working with and in the British dye industry became influential authors of dye manuals, including William Crookes, Frederick Crace-Calvert, David Smith, John J. Hummel, and Edmund Knecht. Chemists also wrote about the chemical properties and synthesis of the dyes in academic papers published by the likes of the Journal of the Chemical Society. Trade journals and magazines like Dyer and Colourist appeared in the 1880s, while in 1894 Arthur Green, an important industrial chemist and later professor of colour chemistry at Leeds University, published an English translation of a German textbook on organic dyestuff that later became the world famous Colour Index of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Many published books and magazines included textile samples coloured with named dues attached to pages of technical information and dyeing instructions.
Dyeing manuals from 1857 to 1893 in the Library's collection have been central to research by Dr Anita Quye, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science at the University's Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History (CTCTAH)
More information about the research and findings of the Dye-versity project can be found here.
A Dong lady dyeing cloth, which the Zhaoxing villagers weave themselves, with indigo solution. The cloth is dipped and aired many times to build up the darker colour.
inspired by several others i have seen online, it seems like a great way to keep track of my natural dye experiments.
Tie-Dye Program at Beebe Library - Wakefield, Massachusetts. July 1, 2008.
The program was just one of many programs and events for kids taking place all summer as part of the library's Summer Reading Program.
Silk gauze screenprinted with dye, felted to merino wool. Long tunic or vest. Reversible to caped bolero.
Walking round the streets, markets and palace of Mysore. Mysore is famous for the beautiful natural dyes sold in its markets.
It only feels like forever...the sun finally made an appearance today and the temps hit 50 degrees, a win-win situation. I turned on the scanner and heard the CSX RB DS talking to Q642. I just made it to the station in Dyer as he came flying through. Backlit, but that's winter for you when you're trying to shoot a northbound.
Mike Hills will present a program on herbal dye plants that he helped Jane Haynes prepare and present to the Herb Society of America Annual Meeting in 2006. Great details and information on the history of plants used for dyeing fabric, leather, basketry, etc. Many of Jane's beautiful plant-dyed samples will be on hand for discussion and observation. Jane has made a study of the colors that can be created from our Arizona garden and native plants, since she moved here in the 1970's. With the aid of mordants, and the proper natural materials, the range of colors available will astound you.