Weeks 1 and 2 of the Stripes Collection.
I love the colours and the intricate lines are absolutely stunning.
Preparing a screen for printing.
Dying up silks and wools with cold water procion dye baths and hot water acid dye baths.
I'm using a dip dyed effect.
Here I am starting to think about printing and the composition of the fabric.
Dye, Print, Discharge and Embroidery.
Working on the Mannequin. Using the shell as inspiration for Shape.
Some developing Samples.
Printing with Acid Dye. I prefer using dyes for printing as you aren't at risk of loosing the quality of the fabric which can happen with printing with pigment.
This is called discharge and it takes away the colour of the dyed fabric. There are other ingredients added to this mixture to create a gloopy paste which you can see in the picture directly below. The smell is also pretty awful but you get used to it after a while.
Dyed and Discharge on Silk.
I'm loving the colours of this. I think its really beautiful and sophisticated.
Weekend Embroidery work. Embroidering into a Wool Sample.
I'm thinking about weights of threads/yarns to echo the Shells Stripes.
Unpicking the Weave of the Hand Dyed Wool Fabric.
Its starting to come together. Here are some folded finished Samples.
2 weeks worth of work. I will now take forward what I like and develop my collection from here.
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