Bluetone Project - Indigo Dying

Indigo Dye:

100g Salt

30g Soda Ash

20g Sodium Hydroxide

30g Indigo Vat Grains

12L Water

 Batik Dying

 

I painted sheets of fabric with wax, using a large paintbrush. When the wax dried I screwed the fabric into a ball to crack the wax then I dipped it into the Indigo dye. To remove the wax I heat pressed the fabrics between sheets of paper to absorb the wax.

 

On this sample I splatted wax onto the fabric instead of painting it then screwed it up again. a followed the same process as above.

 

Tie-dye

Here I tie dyed yarns which I can go on to knit with. Watch this space for more samples.

 

These are the elastic bands and rubber gloves I used when dying, The effects and patterns accidentally left behind are really interesting I am going to try and combine these with the knit using tasseling methods.

 

Tie dying on nylon/elastane it looks almost crystal like. the patterns are really interesting.

 

 I used the same method as the fabric above, however I originally dyed it with acid dye, then over dyed using the indigo.

 

Tid dying chiffon fabrics, this not only creates interest patterns but also interesting textures. Similar to silk crushing.

 

Marbling

Here I squirted marbling inks and indigo into wall paper paste and smudged it around then I layed my fabric on top of the paste to absorb the dyes/pattern. Once the dyes had dried i then washed away excess paste.

Out of all these processes I have to say the batik was my most preferred. I will experiment further with all of these processes, by combining them, over printing, over dying etc.