Class Materials
Need To Acquire:
Silk yardage suitable for painting. Available from Rupert Gibbon & Spider. Information is on the Contact page.
Note: One yard = 2 scarves when cut into triangles.
Dye-Na-Flow 2.25 oz fabric dyes in the following colors:
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 Cranberry Red #807
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 Brilliant Red #806
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 Sun Yellow #801
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 Cerulean Blue #815
 Claret #810  Turquoise #813  Midnight Blue #816  Chartreuse #818  Brass #821  Brick #825  Burnt Umber #827
Dye Na Flow dyes are available in many retail art stores. You can order class kits from Rupert Gibbon & Spider which include all the above colors, pens and the silk. Kits are available in Small, 3-6 participants or Large, 12-20 participants.
Information is on the Contact page.
Need To Gather For Class
- Laundry cord*
- Anchors for stretching cord, minimum 4 feet of linear working area per person
- Medium office binder clips, 6 per person
- 1 " foam brushes, 3 per person
- Small Dixie cups for dyes, minimum 3 each person
- Assorted glass jars for water, 2 per person, can use paper cups also
- Strong paper plates
- Rags
- Drop cloths, dyes will stain
- Assorted brushes
- Disposable plastic gloves, available at drug stores.
*any cord will work but laundry cord can be wiped off and used again
Directions:
for more detailed directions go to the Instructions page
- Download and Print instructions from website.
- Cover surfaces with drop cloths, inexpensive plastic ones are available in paint departments.
- Secure cords at shoulder height with sufficient tension to support scarves as they get wet.
- Hang scarves from corners and mid sections using office clips as in photograph.
- Decant ½ inches each of 3 colors of Dye-Na-Flow into paper cups using droppers provided.
- Place cups on sturdy paper plates for a palette.
- Fill 2 jars with water, one for diluting colors, one for washing brushes.
- Paint silk, let dry.
- Instruct participants on heat setting colors with household irons.
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