Fabric samples

Dip dyeing

Silk dip dye sample, made bye mixing dyestuff, matexil leveling agent, acetic acid and water. Dipping half of the fabric into one dye bath, taking it out quickly in order to gain a lighter more faded colour. Then rinse material in hot, warm then cold water. Repeating the same process on the other side of fabric. Finish by spinning and drying.

Direct printing

Using pigment colour and emulsion binder to create ink that prints on all fibres, the sample above is printed on calico as a test piece to check if the colour is accurate.

Using the same process, however printing on a light habotai silk with a lighter colour.

Repeating motif onto calico, testing different colours and patterns.

Experimenting with different backgrounds, repeating and layering motifs onto cotton.

Acid dyes

This particular method works only on silk, wool and nylon. The sample above is printed on noil silk. This method is slightly more time consuming as the material needs to be steamed for 35-40 minutes, rinsed in cold water and then washed in warm water with detergent.

Digital print

A photoshop design that has been digitally printed onto fabric. A test piece to show how the colours work on a certain type of fabric.