Using the same technique that I did with my bleach / ink paintings, I used applied the devore paste to the cloth and the used a cross-dying technique in which I intended to dye the viscose and the silk fibres very opposite colours.
The plan:
4 velvet & 4 satin
I wanted to create a contrasting look using bold colours for the self and the viscose fibres, however the only time this worked was with the lemon yellow and bramble pink. The violet direct dyes for the viscose with the turquoise acid dyes for the silk was the one I most wanted to come out well as it was inspired by my favourite of my ink and bleach paintings, but unfortunately it didn't work on the velvet or the satin. Both of the samples just came out with a very dark purple colour on both the fibres. When tried the other way around, it worked a little and although the violet was quite light and only visibly different to the viscose fibres in a certain light, I was happy that there was a least a small difference.
I definitely prefer using this technique on velvet rather than satin, probably because of the obvious difference in texture. I think this works well as my brush strokes were quite large, so burnt a lot of the fibres away, but I think for more delicate prints the satin would be beautiful.
I wanted to create a contrasting look using bold colours for the self and the viscose fibres, however the only time this worked was with the lemon yellow and bramble pink. The violet direct dyes for the viscose with the turquoise acid dyes for the silk was the one I most wanted to come out well as it was inspired by my favourite of my ink and bleach paintings, but unfortunately it didn't work on the velvet or the satin. Both of the samples just came out with a very dark purple colour on both the fibres. When tried the other way around, it worked a little and although the violet was quite light and only visibly different to the viscose fibres in a certain light, I was happy that there was a least a small difference.
I definitely prefer using this technique on velvet rather than satin, probably because of the obvious difference in texture. I think this works well as my brush strokes were quite large, so burnt a lot of the fibres away, but I think for more delicate prints the satin would be beautiful.
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