adventures in silk dyeing
Apr. 8th, 2013 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancingleafso.
we are working on a fan veil choreography.
and I have 6 performers. unfortunately we are not all in the same colour fan, nor are we in all different colours of fans. So today I decided to take a set of the old beat up white fans and give dying them a shot in a colour that we don't have.
one white, one red, two turquoise, one blue, I also have a set in orange and a set in pink but they don't match.
See - I ordered new fans for myself and they aren't in the same pattern as the older sets - The fans that I ordered for the group years back are colour - fading down to white. The new fans - although they do fade down to a less intense colour - Do not fade down to white, just a lesser shade of whatever. Too bad it is so dang obvious.
Since I found instructions for dying silk with kool aid or food colouring - I thought - why not? take some of the older sets in plain white and give it a shot. they are pretty ratty now and from a distance it is mostly colour that is going to show.
Tips for the future. Vinegar/hot water - will cause the glue to let go - DON'T soak that end of the fan.
but other than that... they look half decent and if I can re-glue them I have one more set of fans for the show.
we are working on a fan veil choreography.
and I have 6 performers. unfortunately we are not all in the same colour fan, nor are we in all different colours of fans. So today I decided to take a set of the old beat up white fans and give dying them a shot in a colour that we don't have.
one white, one red, two turquoise, one blue, I also have a set in orange and a set in pink but they don't match.
See - I ordered new fans for myself and they aren't in the same pattern as the older sets - The fans that I ordered for the group years back are colour - fading down to white. The new fans - although they do fade down to a less intense colour - Do not fade down to white, just a lesser shade of whatever. Too bad it is so dang obvious.
Since I found instructions for dying silk with kool aid or food colouring - I thought - why not? take some of the older sets in plain white and give it a shot. they are pretty ratty now and from a distance it is mostly colour that is going to show.
Tips for the future. Vinegar/hot water - will cause the glue to let go - DON'T soak that end of the fan.
but other than that... they look half decent and if I can re-glue them I have one more set of fans for the show.
