January 29, week 3

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

meet in: Dye Lab, A31 (in the basement, walk past the Lending window and elevator doors)
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: 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 – 5 color theory tips every designer should know
Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color

Homework for February 3rd

DUE: 16″ of Weaving Sample must be completed by following videos in Weaving Technical Resources:  Creating Shapes, Color Hatching. By now, students must complete the following, at minimum:

*plain weave with one color; heavily beat one section (using fork) to see the difference between balanced weave and weft faced weave (this should have been accomplished in class)

*2 picks + 2 picks, 1 pick + 1 pick
Weaving Plain Weave with Two Shuttles/Colors (2 picks, 2 picks; 1 pick, 1 pick)

*3 rectangles of color with slits
Weaving Three Rectangular Shapes with Slits Between Them

*3 rectangles of color with weft interlock
Weft Interlock – Schacht Spindle 
Weft Interlock – with Rebecca Mezoff

*Tapestry is built like a brick wall

*Meet and Separate with 3 and 4 colors
Meet and Separate (tail to tail, head to head)

*surface embellishments of choice (choose from Surface Embellishments videos)

*2 found materials woven with plain weave

*create a shape

*practice clasped weft (start at 4:14)
Clasped weft – diamond shape

Homework for February 5th
DUE: dyed fiber must be brought to February 5th class dry, labeled with color recipe and in ball format
*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
*Images documenting the process must be pinned to Pinterest by each student. Images cannot be same from students in the same group.
*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)