This is an ice dyed cotton shirt I made this last weekend.
This is another one. I really like how its rock-like colors and textures.
Here is the whole shirt
On the left side is the striped golden fabric I started with
and on the right side is it after ice dyeing.
Below is a Kona Gold fabric which I ice-dyed. It came out darker than I wanted. I might do some bleaching on this one to bring back the gold color in places, maybe through stenciling or something.
They are literally stunning and artistic... I've tried doing it before but it didn't work out.
ReplyDeleteIce dyeing was frustrating for me until I took a class from Lynda Heines last year (lyndaheines.com). I learned a lot about color separation, and how to weigh & measure, which helped me to overcome my tendency to use too much dye. I love yours, and really want to know how you tie an egg to dye it (just kidding!) they are lovely!
ReplyDeleteThere is a series of videos on Youtube by Crispi, which are excellent with techniques for getting lights and darks and more highly contrasting designs. I also find the best dyes for doing ice-dyes, are the ones that contain more than one hue. You can see which dyes will work best by tapping a bit of the dye powder onto a wet white surface and see what colors they break into. You will get the same ones on your shirt.
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