What I can show you is some icecube dyeing I did this weekend. I had frozen some dye concentrate left over from the poppy petals I dyed. When the concentrate is frozen it is practically impossible to see what color the ice cube is. I soda soaked half a yard of fabric, crunched it into a container and placed 10-12 ice cubes on it. After they had melted the fabric looked like this:
A bit too much white was still there so I decided to overdye it, using turqoise. I mixed a dye concentrate of about 5% diluted this with water and added this to the container in which the freshly soda soaked fabric was crunched. As you can see the white is gone and the colors show some more depth because of this over dyeing.
5 comments:
What an awesome piece of fabric and a wonderful lesson thank you very very much!!! Who knew? Not me that's for sure! Ice cubes!!!
Love it.
PS What kind of soda used? As in soda you drink or baking soda?
Great results with the ice cubes will. Love the vibrant colors.
Hmmm, eerlijk gezegd vind ik de eerste foto ook al heel mooi, misschien zelfs mooier. Ik ben zelf gestopt met het oververven van stof die er zo uit ziet, vond eigenlijk elke keer dat ik de stof 'verpest' had (stoffen waarvan de helft wit is gebleven verf ik nog wel over).
Thank you. Something new to try. I get so many good ideas from your blog.
Hee Wil, het is Gabriel the brasilian!!!
How are you, it's been so long since I've heard any news from you... Where do you live now, and what are you doing?
I'm an engineer now, and i work in a Steelmaking Plant 200km from Belo Horizonte. I'd love to hear from you, write to me, please! gbambirra at yahoo.com
All the best,
Gabriel
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