Dye Experiments, Student Work, Spring 2022

Student using indigo paste to paint on fabric. 

Binder clip marks and rust. 

 

Surface Design Pattern, Student Work, Spring 2022

Emma Lofland

Hand painted, stitched and beaded, cotton. 

18" x 36"

Detail

Design created digitally and then lines transferred to fabric for hand-painting.

After design is hand-painted, hand-stitching and beads are added. 

Inspiration. Turkish textile design. 

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/sponsor-content/a-whole-new-world-12-luxurious-turkish-fabrics-thatll-transform-your-home/

Kai Glinski

Designed on computer, digitally printed on cotton, hand stitch on digital print. 

18" x 36"

Detail. 

Digital Sketch #1

Digital Sketch #2

Digital Sketch #3

Digital Sketch #4

Inspiration #1, Floor Tile

Inspiration #2, Floor Tile

Inspiration #3, Floor Tile

Gen Glinski

Hand painted on cotton with stitched beads. 

18" x 36"

Detail of beads stitched to hand-painted surface. 

Sketches on graph paper.

Sketches on graph paper.

Final Sketch. Paint on graph paper. 

Final design transferred to fabric. 

Hannah Tremblay

Design created with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator. 

Digital print on recycled canvas. 

36" x 52"

Detail.

Carrington Boyd

Watercolor on paper, scanned, digital print on sateen. 

36" x 52"

Detail

Watercolor sketches. 

Sketches are scanned into computer. 

Digital sketch #1. 

Digital Sketch #2.

Digital Sketch #3. 

Inspiration: Mold

https://www.wetandforget.com/blog/2018/06/27/how-mold-grows/

Shauna Gentile

Crochet

18" x 36"

Detail

In-process.

Elizabeth Scott

Silk dyed with processed indigo, stamp print with silk paint. 

Inspired by Native American symbols.

36" x 36"

Detail

Lixin Wang

Designed on computer, printed on 100% pure silk. 

36" x 18"

Detail

I did some research on brain nerves after stumbling upon the fact that the desire to self-harm and the desire to participate in extreme sports are very similar for self-harmers. Although there is no clear evidence that there is necessarily a link between the two, a very large proportion of people believe that self-harm can raise levels of a hormone in the brain called endorphins, bringing a degree of comfort, and that exercise is bringing the same effect. I have come to the conclusion that self-harm can be an act of protection for the mind, and that in essence, there is probably no difference between what self-harmers want from self-harm and what people want from exercise.

I believe that in this age of high speed, everyone needs a space where we can hide away for a short while.

This space corresponds to a way of releasing stress, which can be various, but I would encourage people to find a way of doing so that does not put them in harm's way.

I relate the act of seeking pleasure to the silkworm's journey from spitting, to cocooning, molting, to breaking out of the cocoon. The silkworm spits out its silk threads to create a cocoon for itself in order to create a safe space for itself to grow. The silkworm chrysalis is a space where I visualize it as a space that one needs, a space for healing.

Feedback Friday Videos from Botanical Colors

 

FEEDBACK FRIDAY is a bi-weekly show featuring Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori and Sustainability + Communications Director Amy DuFault. Every week, Kathy and Amy speak with dyers, artists, scientists, writers and scholars about their favorite topic, natural dyeing and color.

FEEDBACK FRIDAY is now over 100 episodes strong and went live in May 2020, two months into the pandemic lockdown. Both Kathy and Amy realized there was a need to gather community in a creative space with artists worldwide scared, lonely, quarantined and unable to take a class or workshop for inspiration. The result has been overwhelming with over 10,000 people having attended a presentation at least once but many have been to more than half.

FEEDBACK FRIDAY presentations are viewed worldwide as part of college and university curriculum, natural dye and fiber organization conferences, education for global brands and independent designers and Amy and Kathy’s favorite venue, the attendees in different time zones who set their alarms to wake in the middle of the night to watch it live.

Go to link below to see archived videos. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gJnFFzy9qYgJ_B23vjkzw