Monday and Tuesday, I got to play in Ginny Eckley’s studio with some other fun people. We learned to do rozome resist dyeing with soy wax and Color Hue dyes on silk. Here we have Alexis, Susan, and Linda working away, or should I say playing.
Ginny is an excellent tutor and her studio space is to die for. Pun intended. There was a bit of a learning curve, but I think all of us turned out some lovely pieces. Here are some samples, mostly from Day 1.
We tried a number of techniques: painting dye on the silk then adding wax resist and putting wax on the fabric first then adding the Color Hue dyes. These dyes are wonderful. There is no steaming. They strike almost instantly. After ironing out the soy wax, which comes out much better than beeswax mixtures, the fabrics are ready to go.
Now if I can just stop feeling of them and actually use some.
1 comments:
Mary Ann, these are so beautiful! I know you had a lot of fun ... can't wait to see your results!
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