Learn to Make Fiber-Friendly Acrylic Ink and Artfully Dyed Fabric
Friday, January 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM with a 90-minute lunch break, class resumes at 1:30 PM -4:30 PM
$200
Supply fee: $25 (Includes: 1 meter 60” wide pfd cotton fabric, large synthetic bristle paint brush, rubber bands, string, shapes, clamps, plastic bottles, various other tools.)
Acrylic inks can be an easier, and more environmentally friendly alternative to coloring and dyeing fabric than using fiber reactive dyes, and the best part is being able to use your fabric in projects as soon as it’s dry.
In this workshop learn how easy and affordable it is to make your own fiber-friendly acrylic inks with just a few ingredients from ProChem. Judy will walk you through the process of measuring and mixing ingredients to make a full spectrum of permanent, colorful inks that leave fabric with a soft hand.
Then we’ll spend the day exploring a multitude of ways to create richly colored, and visually textured fabrics by applying acrylics inks to cotton fabric with different types of brushstrokes, using sponges, altering ink and water ratios, mono-printing, adding salt, as well as scrunching, pleating, and clamping with a variety of shibori techniques.
