Surface Designer's Handbook Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric

Name: Surface Designer's Handbook Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric
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ISBN: 9781931499903

ISBN-10: 193149990X

ISBN-13: 9781931499903

Edition: 2006

Authors: Holly Brackmann

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Beginning with studio practices and safety rules, this information-packed handbook is appropriate for both newcomers and experienced dyers but assumes that readers have a serious interest in textile design. An overview of dyeing starts with fibers and fabrics and discusses all aspects of the dyes favored by textile studios-- fiber reactive, acid, vat, and disperse-- before explaining discharging, screen printing, monoprinting, stamping, stenciling, resist dyeing, de vore, and painting. Would-be fabric artists are advised along the way to identify a personal approach to dyeing-- "free spirit?" "rule-follower?-- "and color photographs of work by today's top fiber artists elucidate prevailing…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Interweave Press, LLC
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction



Studio Practices and Safety



Dyes, Fibers, and Fabrics



Color



Fiber-Reactive Dyes



Acid Dyes



Vat Dyes



Disperse Dyes



Discharging



Screen Printing



Monoprinting



Stamping



Stenciling



Resists



Devore



Textile Paints



Embellishments



Dye Worksheet



Preparing Fabric for Dyeing



Rinsing, Washing, and Drying Fabric



Calculating Stock Solutions, Dye Quantities, and Color Mixing



Thickeners and Printing



Steaming



Weights, Measures, and Water Temperatures


Glossary


Bibliography


Resources


Index