PROJECTS

Dyeing

The strength of emotion present within Medusa’s story has inspired the development of a suitable colour palette with the aim to evoke a personal response within the wearer and similarly within the audience. The aim 2. Explore the potential within different fibre types such as protein fibre, cellulosic fibre and synthetic fibre as well as ascertain how they react to various dye recipes of the same colour.

Process : The formula that is used for this technique is weight of fabric divided by hundred into five percent shade is equal to weight of dye, You need to add 100ml hot water to the dye bowl and 4L cold water to the dye bath, the next step would be to add dye and fabric. Make sure it boils and then let it simmer for 5 to 10 mins. My critical evaluation from this was to keep mixing the fabric so that it does not touch the surface otherwise the fabric might burn.