Portland Art and Soul Workshops

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Wednesday	1021 - Guerilla Dyeing	[back to quicklinks] $ 130 Plus $25 materials fee
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I call my class guerilla dyeing.  Guerilla meaning:  “member of a small fighting force taking independent, irregular action”.  I find many people are afraid to dye and I want to show them easy techniques to make them unafraid and show them dyeing can be fun and magical. We will dye pieces of various silk fabrics using tie dye, arashi shibori (in Japanese, this loosely translates to mean “wind-driven rain”), vat dyed and dye-painted techniques.  We will also shibori dye and dye-paint silk ribbons.  These fabric swatches and ribbons can be used in many ways including cloth book pages, torn strips for book binding or tassels, book covers or spines, or in making bags and purses.  You may find uses for these in other instructors classes during the week at Art and Soul!  As a final bonus you will dye a silk scarf in one of the class techniques of your choice. Supply List: --Rubber gloves --2” diameter PVC pipe cut to 15” length --Saran wrap --Size 10 crochet cotton (225 yds. white) --Masking tape (1/2” -1”) --Paper towels --2 or 3 1” foam brushes --10-15 rubber bands Wear old clothes, especially a top you don’t care about, if you accidentally “color.”  If you’re prone to being messy, wear old shoes too.  I am providing apron in kit. Materials fee includes:  all silk fabrics and ribbons to dye, including 1" widesilk ribbon yardage, 1/2" wide silk ribbon yardage, several china silk squares, pieces of dupioni, noil, and brocade silks, and the silk scarf; All dyes needed for use during class; TyVek apron to wear for dyeing (that you keep)

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