Transforming Transfer. Thimblestitch @ Zoe's May 7th & 8th
Fabulous layers of colour - just fantastic. I seem to be in the mood to write - so here we are again. Sooner than expected. I love teaching this workshop. Transforming Transfer is my workshop that teaches you how to work with disperse dyes/transfer paints. The dyes are made to work with synthetic fabrics and they form a chemical bond once they are ironed onto synthetic fabric. Immediately washable. These dyes can be used on natural fabrics, they transfer paler and to make then washable there is a product called Transfix. The dyes can be thickened if you want to print with them. Art Van Go do a great starter pack. www.vycombe-arts.co.uk The dyes are painted onto paper . . . cheap copy paper is fine. The paper doesn't need to be absorbent or the dye wont transfer efficiently. Thimblestitch@Zoe's has a great studio above the shop Painting the dyes onto paper. Once the painted papers are dry - the papers are ironed, paint side down ont...