more dye class

[aimeekitty]

it's so hot right now! like over 100 and we are outside most of the day (everyday since Thurs), I'm so exhausted! like totally death-warmed-over-exhausted. but I have some mostly finished peices now.

This is the chidori piece after the resist was removed, so it's pretty much done. I probably won't "DO" anything with it, it was just to learn.


my finished ume piece (carved by John)


This is a koi piece (carved by John) with the resist still on. It's curing now and I'll remove the paste later.


Today we laquered stencils, it was really hard! I think it will get easier with practice.
the koi I did (I also did some wisteria, butterflies and some petals)


my goldfish:


tomorrow I will probably cone resist on fabric for indigo dyeing. I will probably wait until tuesday to use my stencils so that they have more time to dry.

Comments

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Wow, gorgeous!

[rurouni-jedi.livejournal.com]

I've been following these, and OMG so gorgeous! Makes me want to try it myself!

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

That's SO cool! What's the stencil made out of? Is it fabric? :O

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

the stencil is made out of a special paper which a very fine silk net is applied to.

[persoconchii.livejournal.com]

for the slow in the crowd: so this is like painting backwards?? You paint on a design, then dye the whole fabric and ...wash off the original painted design to show the clear fabric underneath it again?
*is dumb*

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

Wow, hand dyed? Those are absolutely gorgeous!

[mognetcentral.livejournal.com]

The chidori one is neat, and I don't usually like fish! (They scare me with dead eyes. and scales.)

The ume one is just gorgeous. I love ume in all forms, mmm...

I want to craft with you someday <3

[kittytreats.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool. I was curious how the ink was applied to material like that. I heard it's hot over there! My car would melt in that heat *LOL*

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

yes. :)
basically,... you paint the "blank". So if your fabric is white, the resist keeps it white.

the resist is what you push through the stencil. So it's the opposite of silk screening.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

you apply the dye by dunking if it's indigo (but you can also paint the indigo on with a brush)
and then most of the other dyes are applied with a brush. which is great. :)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

maybe we could have a dye weekend or something! This sort of thing, it takes a decent amount of prep, so it's actually easier when you have several people doing it at once, or you have room to keep the stuff setup for a couple days. a lot of things require drying for a couple hours or days... so it's better if you have multiple projects to work on at once.

[jinyo.livejournal.com]

Wow, those stencils rock!

[lindze.livejournal.com]

what a cool fun hobby/class! I am so jealous and wish they did something like that here! (Our japanese community = nonexistant, so i doubt it)

[slai.livejournal.com]

Hi Aimee,

Wow, beautiful patterns 8D!

[darkanticrista.livejournal.com]

Amazing work!