Coming Spring, 2010
April 30-May 2, 2010
Surface Design Workshop with Holly Brackmann
Author of : The Surface Designer's Handbook: Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric.
Website:www.hollybrackmann.com
Dyeing Without a Dyepot: Disperse Dyes
Dyepots are not needed to produce colored fabrics! Through the magical process of transfer printing, disperse dyes migrate from a piece of paper into the fabric to produce luscious colors on versatile synthetic fabrics. Disperse dyes will be combined with transfer crayons, printing, painting, stenciling, stamping, foiling, stitching, resist and collage techniques to produce endless design possibilities. Permanently pleating and dyeing fabric in one step for garments, interior accessories, sculptural forms, quilts and wall hangings will be explored. Although our experience will be with commercial fabrics, Holly will also include examples of how these methods can be used with handwoven fabrics.
