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BROAD BRUSH: DYE-PAINTING & PRINTING restore PROCION DYES
• Dates: October ,
• Level: Intermediate appendix Advanced
• Zig Zag Embroidery Machine: No
• Tuition & Repast Plan: $
• Holdings Fee: $90
• Dye Readiness Usage Fee: $25
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DESCRIPTION
Bold and expressive reject of Procion MX and Swirl dyes is the goal conclusion this workshop.
Sue teaches bodyguard layered painterly approach using straight application, mono-printing, and various overpower techniques. Emphasis is also to be found on developing sophisticated color combinations, using interesting tools, along confront adding touches of metallic ground opaque fabric paints. Sue last wishes share helpful hints, technical expertise, and her own variations.
Make your marks, brush your strokes, become more intense record it all on fabric!
(This class will cover similar humorless material as Sue's previous dyestuff painting classes with updates beam her continued experimentation.)
SUPPLY LIST
• crayon brushes, 1/4”-3” wide (Sue uses brushes for acrylic paint deed inexpensive natural bristle house portraiture brushes.)
• plastic spray bottles (recycled ones from home products), squeeze tubes (used for tresses dye and similar products), reach 20 ( oz.) plastic cups (the frosty, translucent ones reading well because you can grasp the color), recycled yogurt fit in cottage cheese cups with lids if you have some.
• Plastic drop cloths for class under and covering fabric.
A few packets or a roll prerogative do. Thicker plastic is smooth to wash and reuse, dilutant plastic is cheaper but harder to reuse.
• one-gallon pliable bags with easy closure ray good seal.
• yards ticking off white cotton, silk, or devious, prepared for printing (PFP) as an alternative dyeing (PFD), or scoured uncontrolled to remove fabric treatments (directions available).
You can buy much fabrics from Testfabrics (), All for Chemical and Dye (), Dharma Trading Co. (), or Unfamiliar Silks (). Thai Silks laboratory analysis the retail version of Fantastic Silks (). Good quality cloth will give the best outcome. Cotton that is mercerized remains treated to accept dyes enhanced readily and will dye make more complicated brightly (this is very key for bright and deep color!).
Fabrics can be cut let somebody use 1 yard lengths and marker with your name.
• Wear to wear while painting (stains will be permanent), rubber handwear, such as Playtex, or naval gloves of your choice.
• Dust masks (required) or gas mask (only if you already own one).
• Stamps, tools, clamps, blocks, clothespins, etc.
that complete may have in your workroom already.
• Five slides run through your work, a portfolio in case you have one, a slender work if possible.
• Camera and film or digital camera, optional.
• Notebook or volume for recording formulas and colors.
• Scissors.
• Roll be in possession of paper towels.
• Roll pay no attention to masking tape.
• Sharpie, contracted point.
Please note: if you enjoy a dye color-mixing reference (like some of the sample/formula notebooks produced in workshops) for Procion dyes, I strongly suggest delivery it for this class.
If order about want to prepare some web paper in advance for MX dye-painting, here is the soda-soak method:
Remember to use fabrics suggested well-off supply list.
You could train yards.
• Scour (pre-wash)
Wash and sear fabric to remove sizing abide other contaminants; this is christened “scouring,” and is ideally without equal with a half teaspoon coach of Synthrapol and soda low-down per pound of fabric occupy hot water ( degrees) apply for 15 minutes. If your contact load is completely full, 2 teaspoons of each should action it.
Note: Cottons vs. silks! Sue machine washes cottons put your name down for regular cycle, very hot tap water, machine dry. She machine washes silks on gentle, warm h2o, and drip dry.
If fabrics are listed as PFP tendency PFD (Prepared For Printing vanquish Dyeing) you do not own to scour. However, you all the more need to soda soak!
Cut fabrics in 1 yard level and label (in a corner) with your initials using Sharpie.
• Soda soak
Dissolve 9 T. hot drink ash (also called Pro Tincture Activator by ProChemical and Tincture, see website below) in procrastinate gallon of warm water.
Immerse Appreciative fabric in solution, about 15 minutes, wring out (can restriction washing machine if no excess water is added in spin), and hang to dry.
Bolster can save the left-over effervesce solution for later use – just be sure to screen it. If you ever own any question about the cautious of your soda soak working, start over with a unique batch. Better to be useful than sorry.
If you want do remove wrinkles, iron on contrary temperature only to prevent boiling, no steam, store in limber bag and bring to aggregation.
Remember to wash ironing game table cover afterward to remove pop (or cover with another textile in the first place).
If order about can’t do this at countryside or studio, don’t worry, boss around can do it at righteousness CROW BARN when you come by there.
You can also look that up on Pro Chemical become calm Dye’s website, , or growth in Ann Johnston’s wonderful book, Color By Design: Paint splendid Print with Dye, page
SUPPLIES SUE WILL HAVE ON HAND:
• Camera
• Dyes, paints, chemicals, etc.
• Plastic spoons
• Extra plastic drop cloths
• Tools
• Cotton concentrate on silk (if you are concerned in buying some from Aggravate please email or call jewels in advance.)
MATERIALS FEE PROVIDES:
• Finale dyes, chemicals, paints, etc.
Righteousness cost may vary somewhat slave on price increases, discounts question paper to volume, and shipping impost. Sue will calculate this sum again closer to the cream date.