Research Book

Completed Dye Session 2

Second Dye • The date: May 20th • Name of dye: Black Tea • Dye to water ratio: 10 cups/9 tea bags • Water temperature - warm.  • Length of time in dye pot? 11 hours • How many dips?: redipped once • Location: The Landing

Second Dye (Part 2/Shibori methods) • The date: May 24th • Name of dye: Berries • Dye to water ratio: 8 cups/2.5 cups berries • Water temperature - warm.  • Length of time in dye pot? 30 minutes • How many dips?: one time • Location: The Landing Second Dye (Part 3/Extra Pieces) • The date: May 24th • Name of dye: Berries • Dye to water ratio: 8 cups/2.5 cups berries • Water temperature - warm.  • Length of time in dye pot? 45 minutes • How many dips?: one time • Location: The Landing

Dye Session 2 - In Progress

Second Dye • The date: May 20th • Name of dye: Black Tea • Dye to water ratio: 10 cups/9 tea bags • Water temperature - warm (low heat)  • Length of time in dye pot? 45 minutes + • How many dips? I redipped the fabric one time because I noticed that I didnt let the black tea bags sit in the water long enough to produce a solid color on my fabric. • Location: The Landing

Completed Dye Session 1

For Dye Session 1 I decided to use Tumeric to dye my fabric starting off with a ratio of 6 cups water and 2 tablespoons of Tumeric. For my first piece of fabric, I let it sit in the dye water for 15 minutes which made a dark, bright orange color. For my second piece of fabric, I let it sit for 10 minutes along with 5 minutes and 1 minute for my third and fourth piece. I noticed that the dying process with Tumeric was very quick and it didn't take long for an orangeish color to appear. I didn't rinse and dip any of the fabrics because I found that the color was appearing quicker than expected. For my Shibori method, I esentially just tied all 4 pieces into a ball together and let them sit in the dye bucket for 5 minutes which left me with a pretty tiedye color! It did turn out a little more white than expected! I am located at The Landing apartment complex so I believe I was using the cities water!

 

For Dye Session 1 I decided to use  Tumeric to dye my fabric starting off with a ratio of 6 cups water and 2 tablespoons of Tumeric. For my first piece of fabric, I let it sit in the dye water for 15 minutes which made a dark, bright orange color. For my second piece of fabric, I let it sit for 10 minutes along with 5 minutes and 1 minute for my third and fourth piece. I noticed that the dying process with Tumeric was very quick and it didn't take long for an orangeish color to appear. I didn't rinse and dip any of the fabrics because I found that the color was appearing quicker than expected. I am located at The Landing apartment complex so I believe I was using the cities water!