New (for me) tie-dye techniques

I've been doing direct application tie-dye for about 8 1/2 years. Earlier this year, I began to experiment with Low Water Immersion, which is nice, but it wasn't as interesting to me all by itself. Then I tried stitching some designs, then applying the dye using LWI, and I got some pretty neat results. here are a few:



Judy

 

great job I espcially like the third one... but all three do look excellent!

 

Nice, I like them all especially the 2nd/harvest colored one.

 

Those are gorgeous!!

 

Thanks, all! I'm really hooked on the way the dye spreads and takes on a look that is totally unplanned, and very organic! After doing 'planned' designs for so long, this is a real treat!

Judy

 

They are really rad (See? I alliterated. ) Good job!

 

Log me as part of the third one fan...but 2 is good too.

 

Those are all really beautiful. The third one looks like some weird nebula or something haha. Really nice

 

Low Water Immersion is where you put the item to be dyed into a small container (scrunched really tight), then pour dyes over the garment... sometimes water in between to vary the dye intensity, then let it sit - I usually let it sit an hour. Then you pour over a soda ash solution and let sit another hour, then rinse. The variation I used was to stitch the designs into the shirt first. This added the design interest. Otherwise, the shirts would come out with a 'crystal' look. If you want a more thorough description, try Paula Burch's website:http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/lowwaterimmersion.shtml. I used her instructions to get started.

Judy

 

If you mean, can I replicate a particular effect, the answer is yes... to a degree. I have done the 'fern' stitch using the same colors applyed in the same order, resulting in shirts that look very close. On the other hand, I like the organic free-form effect of the dyes flowing over the garment and reacting to the way the fabric bunches up. Now I have a question: what's tritik? That's a term I haven't come across before (showing my ignorance!).

Judy

P.S. I just overdyed a dress that I dyed awhile back, but never liked. The overdye process REALLY enhanced the overall look. The original dyeing was a bullseye pattern done in a medium-forest green. I bound new bullseyes in other areas of the garment, then applied medium orange, rust brown and chocolate brown, and it came out looking like bronze and copper:
One of the things that really jazzes me about dyeing is how forgiving it is! Not always, but very often you can take a mistake and turn it into something really neat! This is one of those instances...

 

I think those are all just fantastic. I really like how those look, maybe even more than the crisp colors of most tie-dyes. They're so much harder to find, though. Would you sell me one?

 

I tried looking, but I'm afraid I'm not finding any references to tritik. Bummer! Do you have any pix you can post on your gallery page?

Judy

 

i'm definitely gonna try that, no doubt. that method creates some awesome designs, including yours tiedyejudy.

 

They are beautiful....My fav is the third one. awesome

 

Nice work, i like tie-dye too. I heard of that it's come from Asian, recently i found some nice tie-dye craft from china in a website, maybe you can get some inspiration from them. The link is http://www.galleriapangea.com/home_decor/wall_hangings_and_tapestries/tie_dye/products.html?page=1&id=96&num_results=24&sort=4