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Surface Applications...
Refers to all the many ways to decorate fabric other than putting it in a dye bath. Dyes, paints or resists may be used to make the design. Products are used thin to flow or thick to
stay put.
Air Brushing Or Spraying...
Block Printing...
Paints or thickened dyes are stamped onto the fabric. Made or found objects may be used. Coat the object with colour and press onto the fabric.
Devoré...
Makes an etched design on the fabric. The fabric may be a composite of silk and rayon or cotton. The Devoré paste removes the rayon or cotton to make a design.
Discharge Printing...
The colour is removed in selected areas. A stripping printing paste may be used or the fabric may be bound or tied to resist the stripping agent.
Hand Painting...
The colour is applied by brush, sponge applicators or rollers. Dye or paint is used thin for colour washes, salt swirl designs or boundary resist work. The dye or paint is used thick
to hold its shape instead of flowing on the fabric.
Marbling...
Colour is floated on top of a thickened size and swirled into designs. Fabric is laid on top to pick (print) up the delicate swirls of colour.
Microwave Dyeing...
Quick and easy way to decorate and fix dyes onto natural fabrics. Fabric is sealed and microwave set. See Microwave Dyeing in Dyeing Projects
Monoprinting...
Any process that makes one print. The fabric is laid over the prepared colour to pick it up. Fish printing (the fish is painted and the fabric laid on top to print) is a popular
example.
Rőzome...
Also known as Japanese Wax Resist. This is a traditional technique that involves applying layers of brushed hot wax and hand painted dyes to make glorious designs without the necessity
of boundary resist lines.
Salt Swirl Patterns...
Dye or thinned paints are applied to fabric then salt crystals are sprinkled over the wet dye. The salt draws the colours into swirling patterns as it dries.
 Shibori...
A Japanese technique of bound resist (tied fabric). Intricate designs are made by pleating, gathering
or tying small knots in the fabric before dyeing. Fabrics may be ironed flat or left textured.
Silk-Screening...
Paints or thickened dyes are forced through designed openings in a mesh screen onto the fabric underneath.
Serti Technique...
The French translation for the boundary resist technique. A resist line is applied to the fabric to form a boundary that contains the dye.
Rainbow Tie Dye...
A method of tie dye done on cotton where the colours are applied directly to the fabric rather than
putting the tied fabric into a dye bath. The fabric is soaked in a Sodium Carbonate fixer solution prior to colouring and then wrapped in plastic to set the colours.
Splatter Painting...
Thickened dye, paints, resists (including wax) may be splattered on to create many different effects.
Stenciling...
Designs are cut out of a sheet of plastic, waterproofed cardboard or Japanese Mulberry paper and
colour is applied through the holes transferring the design to the fabric. Resist rather than colour may be applied through the stencil then the colour is applied around the resist.
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