Four 10-25 minute videos for dyers from a presentation prepared for SAQA Oregon, answering questions submitted by the group.
- Ann reviews the basics of using Procion dyes, addressing frequently asked questions with lists and concise answers.
- She explains the similarities and differences between using them for low-water immersion and dye painting and printing.
- She introduces resources she has provided on her web ready to download.
- Ann shows her workplaces over the years to show how low-water immersion and dye-painting projects can be managed in various kinds of spaces, particularly small spaces, with hints for organizing.
- Her workshop images reinforce ways to work within your own needs, table spaces, water availability, working in all seasons, creating a place that is comfortable for you.
- She explains a lot of the tools she uses, advantages and disadvantages.
- She also explains variables that are determined by the kind of fabric you use including the differences between silk and cotton.
- Ann explains how both low-water immersion and dye painting can be used to create gradation.
- She shows both large and small scale, in various containers and out flat on the table.
- Mixing colors without recipes and creating gradations is introduced with a short video.
- Ann uses images of her fabrics to compare using low-water immersion dyeing and dye-painting, giving an overview of the potential of combining them.
- She reviews use of single chemical colors for special effect and how to increase or decrease the flow of the colors with LWI and DPP.
- She explains mixing black
- and the importance of seeing the fabric after painting and drying to see the color and value it should be after washing.