Mark Making With Machine started at the Victoria College of Art this week. The students spent the day getting to know their sewing machines better and settled on a colour palette they want to work with.
Today I am preparing tray-dyed fabric samples for next week's session. We will use Leslie Morgan and Claire Benn's method because it is simple, an easy way to dye a lot of fabric, and a hands-on method for learning how to develop a colour scheme.
This tray has fabric folded in 6 different ways which will produce 6 different line and textural effects.
The 1st colour, a middle blue, was flooded on the bottom of the tray.
The 2nd colour, a warm blue, was poured over the top.
As well as the different folding producing different marks, we will also be working to produce a full gradation of values.
4 comments:
This was such a fun exercise when we dyed fabric in your class last year, Lesley. I know your current students are going to really enjoy it as well. I can't wait to see what they produce! Have fun!
I'll post some images of their work so you can see what they got up to
Hi I am wondering what kind of dye did you use?
Thanks!
Hi Myra - we used Procion MX dyes - easy and economical to use in a group studio
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