Art project: tie-dye t-shirts.Materials * 100% cotton T-shirt WASHED (we got 3 FRUIT OF THE LOOM Fruit of the Loom is an American company which manufactures clothing, particularly underwear. The company's world headquarters are based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. One manufacturing facility still remains in Jamestown, Kentucky, and several other facilities are located across the shirts for $7.41) * cold water fabric dye in your choice of colours and cold dye fix for each colour * old ice cream buckets or glass bowls * rubber bands * plastic or metal spoons * disposable or rubber gloves rubber gloves rubber npl → gants mpl en caoutchouc (to protect your hands) * garbage bags (to protect your work surface and floor) Note Ask an adult to help you choose, purchase and prepare the dyes. Be careful! The dye will colour more than your T-shirt. Wear rubber gloves and old clothes. The best place to work is outdoors on a warm sunny day. If you work indoors, work over a sink and protect all surfaces from drips and spills. Step 1 With an adult, prepare fabric dye and cold dye fix according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the instructions on the packet. Store each colour in the old ice cream buckets or glass bowls. Step 2 Time to plan your design and prepare your T-shirt. To make the big bull's-eye design: poke See peek/poke. poke - The BASIC command to write a value to an absolute address. See peek. up one big peak in the middle of the T-shirt and then wrap three rubber bands around it very tightly, creating three sections in the peak. For the many bull's-eyes design: poke up little peaks all over the the T-shirt. Wrap each section tightly with two or three rubber bands, creating two or three sections. Step 3 Use a spoon to carefully pour one colour on the tip of each peak. Then pour a second colour, using a spoon on the middle section of each peak. Drip a third colour on the bottom section. Let the dye set for half an hour. Then gather up all the peaks in your hand and dip the body of the T-shirt into a fourth colour. Again, let it set for half an hour. Step 4 When your shirt is dry, undo the rubber bands and discover your design. Bright ideas 1. Marble-look T-shirt. Crumple crum·ple v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples v.tr. 1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v.intr. 1. up your whole T-shirt and tie it up with string. Wrap the string tightly around the shirt as you crumple. Dip the whole T-shirt into the dye and let it dry. 2. Pinch your T-shirt into rows of folds across the front. Use paper clips to hold the folds, so they will stand up. With a paintbrush (graphics, tool) Paintbrush - A Microsoft Windows tool for creating bitmap graphics. , draw the dye across the top edges of the folds. Let the dye soak into the cloth. Note: place a sheet of waxed paper waxed paper n. Wax paper. waxed paper or wax paper Noun paper treated or coated with wax or paraffin to make it waterproof or plastic inside the T-shirt to protect the back from absorbing the dye. 3. Spray paint your shirt! Must be done outside. Prepare the dyes as usual but put them into spray bottles A Spray Bottle is a bottle that can squirt, spray or mist fluids. A common use for spray bottles is dispensing cleaners, cosmetics, and chemical specialties. While spray bottles existed before the middle of the 20th century, they used a rubber bulb, which was squeezed; the . Spray a design onto your T-shirt. Watch the different colours blend together. |
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