Our second workshop

We did some over dyeing cochineal over weld and indigo over weld. Here are our samples in the cochineal vat.






The photo below is the yellow sample with bits of plastic sticking out of it.

It is silk satin organza that was stitched and tied with string. Silk takes the dye particularly well.

This sample is cotton dyed with weld, in the same vat as the sample above, it had split lentils tied into before it was over dyed with indigo. You don't have to heat indigo to get the colour, split lentils wouldn't have worked so well in the cochineal as it does have to be heated. We could have had cochineal and lentil soup for lunch!!   

This sample is Cotton, dyed partly with weld, with some tying with plastic and some without and also some bleaching back, it does look like various sorts of lichen, well done Catherina.

We have got lots of lovely fabrics to go on to the next stage, designing the collaborative piece or pieces. Seeing all the fabrics and looking at the photographs again has given me some exciting ideas. I'm looking forward to January.