When I work on anything with pigments - paint, dyes, markers, etc., I generally do not worry about gloves and such. I can wash. Yesterday I was dyeing some sample pieces for a show I am designing. Separation Rapid is a world premiere of a play about the final journey of Bessie and Glenn Hyde in 1928 when they ran the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in a homemade scow and never returned. Some of the characters need to be wearing the colours of the canyon so they can fade into the background when needed.
I wore gloves to prep the fabric with soda ash, then I mixed the fiber reactive dye colours. I lay the primed fabric pieces out on the lawn and using various squirt bottles I placed the colours in a loose pattern on the fabric.
After the dye application, the fabric needs to be kept damp for several hours, so I covered the fabric with a drop cloth, weighted it with logs and stones and left it on the lawn. Today I wash it and see how it looks when dry. We are aiming for a darker look, not all the tans and yellows - but I fear this may have gotten too hot in the reds and oranges. If I do not like it for the show it can be a great "something else."
Last night when I ate dinner I realized that although I had covered my hands, I was wearing flip flops to dye in. My feel were covered in red, brown and orange spots. I looked like I had been in the spatter field of a messy homicide. Just another reminder to wear shoes!
I wore gloves to prep the fabric with soda ash, then I mixed the fiber reactive dye colours. I lay the primed fabric pieces out on the lawn and using various squirt bottles I placed the colours in a loose pattern on the fabric.
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| After the colours bled together. |
After the dye application, the fabric needs to be kept damp for several hours, so I covered the fabric with a drop cloth, weighted it with logs and stones and left it on the lawn. Today I wash it and see how it looks when dry. We are aiming for a darker look, not all the tans and yellows - but I fear this may have gotten too hot in the reds and oranges. If I do not like it for the show it can be a great "something else."
Last night when I ate dinner I realized that although I had covered my hands, I was wearing flip flops to dye in. My feel were covered in red, brown and orange spots. I looked like I had been in the spatter field of a messy homicide. Just another reminder to wear shoes!
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