September 10, week 3

How Temperature Effects The Acid Dyeing Process: https://spinoffmagazine.com/dyeing-wool-temperature-effects-of-water/

meet in: Dye Lab, A31 (basement, walk past the Lending window and elevator doors)
quiz 3: Weaving Presentation and Weavers Throughout Time and Place, part 2
quiz 4: History of Dyes
Dye Lab Sign Up, Dye Lab is shared by several classes and students who reserve a table/section have priority to work in the lab at that table/section
demo: preparing yarn for dyeing (using the umbrella swift to make hanks/skeins, adding eight figure 8 ties), documenting fiber weight and color dye proportions, wetting out the fiber, dyeing protein fibers with Jacquard acid dyes
dye lab safety and cleanliness policy
assign groups and choose work times for small group dyeing

extras:
How Temperature Effects the Acid Dyeing Process
Using Food Dyes to Dye Wool
Adobe Color, great place to explore color combinations
Digital Tool for mixing colors, trycolors.com
Color Theory Basics
How to Not Suck at Color โ€“ 5 color theory tips every designer should know
Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color

Homework for September 13
embroidery sample
16โ€ณ of weaving sample (weave by following assigned videos from Class Notes: September 5)

Homework for September 17
dye yarn with the assigned group, dry yarn, wind into ball, label with dye recipe

*follow instructions in Technical Learning: Samples: Acid Dyed Yarn
Synthrapol is a speciality, ph neutral detergent; if it is not available in the cabinet, use any dish soap you can find in the dye lab
*each group dyes the assigned colors and number of skeins and roving/batting listed in Technical Learning: Samples: Acid Dyed
*dyed fiber must be brought to September 17 class dry, labeled with color recipe and in ball format
*images documenting the process must be pinned to Pinterest by each student
*legible labels with color proportions must be documented with permanent marker on fabric tape or on a separate piece of paper attached to the dyed fiber
*students are expected to work together as a group, NOT individually; students should agree on a plan of action at the start of the session (who will document, who will calculate, who will clean, who will make sure that the floor is not wet, who will make the hanks/skeins, who will put eight figure 8s on the hanks/skeins, who will measure etc)