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🎨 Ice Dyeing on Fabric: A Quickstart Guide for Newbies
This event happened on Mon, Jun 6, 2022
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253 Lovely Attendees
253 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Jessica Kaufman
Owner/founder .
Asheville, NC
About this FieldTrip
Do you know how incredibly easy it is to create gorgeous, permanent, watercolory dyes on fabric using the magic of simple ice cubes? Join Jess, owner of WAXON Batik & Dye Studio in Asheville, NC, and she explains every step of the process and demonstrates how beginner-friendly this craft is. Results are full of depth and pattern, without looking “campy” at all.
✨WHAT TO EXPECT
✔️ What is ice dyeing? How is it different (and even better than) “regular” tie dye done with bottles or buckets?✔️ Why does it work this way– how the simple science of ice melting can create mind-blowing results on fabrics.
✔️ What materials will you need? It’s as basic as cotton, the right dyes, 1 simple and safe fixing chemical, ice cubes, and a plastic container.
✔️ How to arrange your fabric/garment for best results
✔️ “Like powdered sugar on a funnel cake”: applying the dyes over ice
✔️ The wait/wash/wear finishing steps
🎒What To Bring
✔️ Something to dye: plant fibers like cotton, linen, rayon, etc. Synthetic fabrics will not work!
✔️ Fiber reactive dyes and soda ash powder— or grab one of my handy ice dye kits
✔️ A plastic container, a few pounds of ice cubes, and a plastic spoon.
✔️ Gloves and an apron might be smart too!
about your host
A lifelong craftsperson with an actual Masters Degree in Crafts Eduation, Jessica Kaufman has been teaching fiber and textile arts to people of all ages and all over the East Coast. From private knitting students in Manhattan and Brooklyn to weaving and marbling at overnight summer camps in the mountains of North Carolina, Jess brings an encouraging and wholistic approach to all her lessons, both online and in person at her studio.
Event type
🎨 Artistic Exploration
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Your Host
Jessica Kaufman
Owner/founder .
Asheville, NC
About Jessica Kaufman
Attendees
Samyuktha Krishna
Freelance Illustrator.
Dona Dona
Untitled! .
Shiraz Ramji
Pacifist, Educator, Gerontologist at Grandparents Film Festival (Creator Curator).
FIONA BOEY
Deputy Chief Architect at National Defence.
Sandra Balasoiu
Katie Mendez
Laura Bidegain
Career counselor at Universidad de San Andrés .
Caroline Guilbert
Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill
Creative Director at Whole Circle Studio.
Crista Toler
Glaze & Pottery Pusher.
Anita Funston
Sculptor at Anita Funston Art.
Christine Clayton
Creative Director at BrandMuse.
April Wine
Brielle Killip
Designer/Art Director at Blue Linen Creative.
britt bivens
Sherry Lambie
Proprietor at Black Sheep Design.
Jonelle Cochran
Sasha Skylar
Baylee Brown
Graphic Designer.
Aralyn Hughes
Storyteller Life Coach Property Manager at Aralyn’s Home Economics.
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