The Surface Designer's Handbook

About this book

Beginning with studio practices and safety rules this information-packed handbook is appropriate for both newcomers and experienced dyers but assumes that readers have a serious interest in textile design. An overview of dyeing starts with fibers and fabrics and discusses all aspects of the dyes favored by textile studios--fiber reactive acid vat and disperse--before explaining discharging screen printing monoprinting stamping stenciling resist dyeing devore and painting. Would-be fabric artists are advised along the way to identify a personal approach to dyeing--free spirit? rule-follower?--and color photographs of work by todays top fiber artists elucidate prevailing styles. Recipes and techniques are accompanied by step-by-step instructions with photographs and a concealed spiral binding allows the book to lie flat. Ten appendices include a worksheet for recording chemicals procedures and costs for all projects; a guide to washing fabric; descriptions of stock solutions thickeners and steaming; a metric conversion table; and a guide to water temperatures.