Decolourant Discharged Fabrics and Shirts

Here is my last posting showing what I created at the workshop taught by by the Dragonfly Dyeworks guys http://www.dragonflydyeworks.com/ at SLO Creative Studios in San Luis Obispo http://www.slo-creative.com/.  Once again, it really was a fabulous workshop and we did so much in two days.  If you get a chance to take a class from these guys, do it!

This was red Kona Cotton with regular Decolourant using a wide paintbrush.

 

 This was done with Decolourant Plus using a commercial thermofax on Radiance fabric, 

which is silk on one side, cotton on the other.  Decolourant and Decolourant Plus are made by Jacquard.http://jacquardproducts.com/

 

This was also done with Decolourant Plus on Radiance fabric.

 

I used Decolourant Plus on this shirt and the one below.  However, when I washed the shirt below, after waiting a good week for the paint to set, it really washed out a lot, which was disappointing.

Soy Wax Ice Dyed Fabrics

Here are some of the soy wax ice-dyed fabrics I created at last weekend's fabulous workshop given by Nick and Chase of Dragonfly Dyeworks  http://www.dragonflydyeworks.com/ at SLO Creative Studios http://www.slo-creative.com/

 

This a cotton gauze piece. Love the values and textures I got using the wax with the ice. 

I used a stencil of bamboo trees in the center.  Although you can't really see them clearly, 

it still made a great design I think.

 

This fabric is an overdyed one.  Below is the arashi shibori piece I started with.  You can see glimpses of it through the soy wax and ice dyed patterns. 

 

Above  and below are  silk pieces.

Great Dyeing Workshop by Dragonfly Dyeworks at SLO Creative Studios

I took a great class this weekend at the SLO Creative Studios http://www.slo-creative.com
We made a lot of great fabric in two days.  The class was taught by Nick and Chase from Dragonfly Dyeworks, http://www.dragonflydyeworks.com/   They are based in the Los Angeles area and give workshops here, there and everywhere.  If you get the opportunity to go to one, DO IT! They are both very knowledgeable about all aspects of surface design and fabrics.  Jan, the owner of SLO Creative Studio was our hostess.  We all learned a lot and had great fun doing so.

Below is a picture of Nick and Chase holding one of their lovely ice dyed fabrics.

Here are a few more of their fabulous fabrics that received lots of oohs and ahs from the class.

 

On the first day we did a soy wax resist with ice dyeing. Below is 

one of mine  with wax applied, that was already hand dyed, but needed a little something more.

 Below is a picture

 of Candace's fabric with soy on it.

 Cathy using a stencil with soy wax on her gold fabric.

Stay tuned for more on this great workshop including pictures of how it all turned out! Right now, it's back to lesson planning and gearing up for another week of teaching.