Here's some more about the workshop with Carol Soderlund. The photo above is from a project where we chose a color from the sample book we had created, and then dyed a yard of fabric, low immersion, aiming for a solid look (whether mottled a lot or a little). Mine is the rusty red, 5th from the left. I really did get the chosen color, and I was aiming for some mottle. Success!
A central part of this workshop was the creation of a sample book, 343 hues from three different combinations of primaries, for a total of 1,029 swatches in the sample book. Here's just one page, with 49 one-inch square swatches.
Posted with permission; (c) Carol SoderlundIt is quite something to know that I can now make fabric with any of 1,029 colors--and how to vary them further if so desired. Getting a predictable variation of two or more colors across one piece of fabric will be more of a challenge than with the painting process I've been using the last several months, but dyeing gives me a larger range of color and value than I'm able to achieve with paint, and the ability to readily color larger pieces of fabric.
I highly recommend any workshop with Carol; she is a superb teacher!
Hi Penny! The class was wonderful, and I love your pictures. I have posted a few on my blog, but they seem to be mostly of the silk dyeing class. I'll go through my color mixing for dyers pictures and see if I can post a few more.
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ReplyDeletefantastic colors! If you'll be doing your dyeing in the basement, you'll need to step outside to see the color results.
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