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11-15-2004, 01:01 AM
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Title</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">Color by Accident, Low-water Immersion Dyeing</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Description</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Author</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Johnston, Ann</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Media</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Fabric dyeing</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Technique[s]</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Low-water immersion dyeing</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Skill level</td>
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<td colspan="3" class="modulecell" align="left">Johnston, Ann. Color by Accident, Low-water Immersion Dyeing. Ann Johnston Publisher, Oregon, USA. 1997.
ISBN 0-9656776-0-5, Spiral bound hard cover, 6¼ x 9 inches, 96 pages.
This small handy book is designed to be used as a workbook and as a reference manual for folk of all levels of expertise who enjoy creating their own unique fabrics. However, it is written with all the detailed information that a beginner requires and includes no less than 54 recipes and 5 variations of method within the framework of low-water immersion dyeing using fibre-reactive Procion ® MX dyes manufactured by BASF Corporation.
Whereas immersion dyeing normally requires twenty times the amount of water as fabric by weight, and dye painting almost no water at all, the method used consistently throughout in this book is in the middle ground between the two - one quarter of the amount of water as for standard immersion dyeing used, plus the same dye concentrates and soda solution as in dye painting.
Thorough detailed information is given about the dyes and other chemicals used, about water and working temperatures, curing times, fabrics, colour itself, and what supplies are required. The general method is well described, and then a chapter is devoted to each of 5 variations. A section on exploring colour pays attention to each of the primary colours, gradations, mixes, and “grayed” colours with recipes and precise “how to” instructions. This is developed further with detailed recipes for multiple colours that fall into seasons – fall, winter, spring and summer. Frequently asked questions are then given answers, followed by appendices with recipes for dyeing solid colours, dye painting for surface design techniques on cotton, rayon and silk, and a list of sources where one may order the dyes used in the book. Throughout the book are pages of colour photographs of fabrics the author has dyed herself using her own recipes and the methods described.
Whereas the author’s previous publication “Dyeing It!” (1992) is currently out of print, I suspect that the information contained in this book plus a subsequent companion one “Color by Design” (2001) together forms an updated replacement of the earlier volume and supplies the fabric dyer with a wealth of recipes and ideas for working with this media.</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Description</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">Workbook and reference manual with recipes and techniques</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Author</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Johnston, Ann</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Media</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Fabric dyeing</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Technique[s]</td>
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<td colspan="3" class="modulecell" align="left">Johnston, Ann. Color by Accident, Low-water Immersion Dyeing. Ann Johnston Publisher, Oregon, USA. 1997.
ISBN 0-9656776-0-5, Spiral bound hard cover, 6¼ x 9 inches, 96 pages.
This small handy book is designed to be used as a workbook and as a reference manual for folk of all levels of expertise who enjoy creating their own unique fabrics. However, it is written with all the detailed information that a beginner requires and includes no less than 54 recipes and 5 variations of method within the framework of low-water immersion dyeing using fibre-reactive Procion ® MX dyes manufactured by BASF Corporation.
Whereas immersion dyeing normally requires twenty times the amount of water as fabric by weight, and dye painting almost no water at all, the method used consistently throughout in this book is in the middle ground between the two - one quarter of the amount of water as for standard immersion dyeing used, plus the same dye concentrates and soda solution as in dye painting.
Thorough detailed information is given about the dyes and other chemicals used, about water and working temperatures, curing times, fabrics, colour itself, and what supplies are required. The general method is well described, and then a chapter is devoted to each of 5 variations. A section on exploring colour pays attention to each of the primary colours, gradations, mixes, and “grayed” colours with recipes and precise “how to” instructions. This is developed further with detailed recipes for multiple colours that fall into seasons – fall, winter, spring and summer. Frequently asked questions are then given answers, followed by appendices with recipes for dyeing solid colours, dye painting for surface design techniques on cotton, rayon and silk, and a list of sources where one may order the dyes used in the book. Throughout the book are pages of colour photographs of fabrics the author has dyed herself using her own recipes and the methods described.
Whereas the author’s previous publication “Dyeing It!” (1992) is currently out of print, I suspect that the information contained in this book plus a subsequent companion one “Color by Design” (2001) together forms an updated replacement of the earlier volume and supplies the fabric dyer with a wealth of recipes and ideas for working with this media.</td>
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