Beyond the Book - Lesson 1

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Beyond the Book: Paint & Print with Dye - Lesson 1: Let it Run

COURSE | 1 Lesson Ann introduces Procion MX dyes and shows how colors flow when you start on fabric wet with soda solution using both thin and thick mixtures. You learn about the relationship between the amount of moisture on the fabric, how the dye spreads, and how and why the colors separate differently. She uses 7 types of fabric in the lesson including silk to compare results. Colors: purple, lime, navy, peach.

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Lesson 1 includes the following

A 35 minute video
Handout: Recipes-Steps-Materials (4 pages)
Handout: Washing Hand-Dyed Fabric (2 pages)
The Lesson Overview (3 pages) with
- Suggestions for colors mixed
- Techniques and types of fabric in each demo
- Review of the concepts
- Dye studio tips
- Practice activities related to the lesson
Color by Design - Chapter 12 Q&A (7 pages)
Downloadable Gallery and Captions

Take a look at the gallery below to get an idea of some of the elements in the lesson.

Gallery

14 of the single-chemical Procion MX dyes painted across dry soda- soaked silk left right and washed.

Thin colors applied to wet soda-soaked cotton sateen and allowed to run together.

Thin colors spread on wet soda-soaked sateen and spread with gloves.

Thick and thin colors painted on wet soda-soaked poplin.

Thin colors applied with brushes over folds in wet soda-soaked cotton broadcloth. Photo while wet.

More thick colors were applied on wet with rollers and pointed bottle. View is washed and dried.

Colors applied to wet soda-soaked cotton by monoprinting, then more color added with brushes on the top.

Thin and thick dye applied with pointed bottle and brushes to wet soda-soaked China silk, then more applied with fine tip bottle.

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