Process Notes

natural dyeing: beets, avocado skin, turmeric, what else?

Equipment-wise: canning/brewing pot 10gallons & burner for heat

Malu's done dyeing

Turmeric-based dyeing

K40 Software running, cuttle > svg > k40 whisperer > cutting

Laser cutting:

Get equipment setup

Take photos of site, workshop, etc

Laser cut some shibori pieces (triangle, square, triangle hole, square hole)

Cut fabric strips

Fold

Dye shibori p1:

• synthetic cotton blend, sheer fabric. arashi (pole), itajime (folding)
  • triangle in luan, acrylic - 30 min (folded & sandwiched) (2)
  • mini triangle luan one side, acrylic other side (folded & sandwiched) - 5 min(1)
  • triangle outline in luan & acrylic (folded & interleaved) - 5min (1)
  • arashi - 30 min (1)

Iterate designs

• OMAR sewing or template?
  • Laser cut letters then sew around

  • Laser cut letters with holes then poke through

  • Laser cut letters then clamp.

• Scallop design

• Rock design
  • With laser cut letters, an omar flag?

• Triangle pattern

• Herringbone tesselation

Cut fabric

Fold

Dye

Synthetic blend: folded and wrapped around dowel - 30 min

Cotton shirts: triangle folds until arms

• Small: clamp plus acrylic solid

• Medium: rubber band and acrylic outline

• Large: rubber band and wood

butterfly design on synthetic with large binder clips

Scallop design on cotton With medium binder clips - and then folded.

Overnighted three designs, in navy blue, to see how far the designs would seep through.

• Scallops on cotton bedsheet

• Triangle Oregon State Butterfly

• Triangle wave design

Egg, batik wax with canting, and batik wax with stamp. Stamp needs a handle. It's pretty hot in that melted wax. 😮

Winged it, and I realized I need to do more research in order to figure out how to set the dye without melting the wax. (very faded colors)