Experiments

I have been working some more with natural dyes and shibori, trying out some more techniques.

Shibori with natural dyes – a continuation of my summer project

 

With the Shibori dyeing I started out with pretty much no idea what I was doing. The only previous knowledge I had was a brief description with some examples that was given in a lecture during my second year. With this vague concept of what to do I began experimenting with different ways of binding and folding to see what effects were achievable. I stuck with the same few colours, which I knew overdyed well so as not to waste any time or fabric. The images below are of fabric dyed with grape juice, turmeric and brown and red onion skins.