Assignment 6: Discharging Color

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Discharging Color from a Piece of Linen with a Potato Stamp

Step 1

I chose to try discharging on a piece of solid black linen as discharging works best on cellulose fibres that are of a solid color.

Start off by preparing your fabric. Iron the piece.

Step 2

Prepare a stamp by slicing a potato in half and then carve the potato. Here, I made a heart shape.

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Here, I made a zigzag to try and achieve a chevron pattern.

Step 3

 

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Prepare a “stamp pad” by pouring some bleach into a container and adding a few layers of paper towel.

Step 4

Dab stamp into stamp pad.

Step 5

Press stamp onto the fabric and hold for two to three seconds. You will the results of the bleach work right away.

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Step 6

Continue stamping to achieve desired results.

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Discharging Color Results

The discharging activity worked according to plan. The results were a little more instantaneous than I anticipated which made for some instant gratification making the project all the more fun. The linen (cellulose based) really reacted to the bleach and lost its color quickly resulting in a brownish orange which contrasted nicely against the black.

 

Discharging Results

 

Discharging Results

 

Discharging Results

 

Discharging Results

 

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Sources for Useful Instruction on Discharging Color

Threads: Dying with Bleach (http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3720/dyeing-with-bleach/page/all)

Discharging Dye with Bleach (https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=discharging+color+with+bleach)

Discharging by Maiwa (http://www.maiwa.com/pdf/discharge.pdf)

“Plenty of Paprika: How to Stamp with Bleach on Fabric” (http://plentyofpaprika.blogspot.ca/2014/06/how-to-stamp-with-bleach-on-fabric.html)

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Discharging Color Class Activity

Textile Arts and Design 7

• Unit 1 in Textile Arts and Design 7  is “Textile Arts and Design.”
• General Curriculum Outcome: Students will be expected to demonstrate the impact of textile art and design on our daily lives.
• Specific Curriculum Outcome 1.2: Students will be expected to use an embellishment technique to add personal expression to a textile item.

Methodology:

• Demonstrate their understanding of appropriate design choice by creating a design for clothing embellishment. Teacher will display samples or pictures of dying/ discharging.
• Students identify their first impression created by the image.
• Students will bring in a t- shirt to either dye or discharge.

Resources:

• Nova Scotia Department of Education Curriculum: Textile Arts and Design 7 (Draft)