It was so helpful for me to have an opportunity to trial techniques and experiment further with materials. Dye method with active dyes on natural fibres was the first textile workshop. I chose high quality fabrics such as silk chiffon, silk satin, silk crepe and cotton sateen to do the experiment.
Depend on how long these fabrics were put in the dye pot resulted different possible colours. The silks absorbed the dyes more evenly than cotton, but the colours showed on cotton are more vibrant. These fabric swatches have been done for experimetation with active dye to see how the colours would turn out, not neccessarily the end colours for the range yet.
