PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ON PAPER

TYE DYE PRELIMS.

BEGINNING 3-D ART

paper towels, Rit dye, rubber bands, string, staples, clamps

This assignment is such a fun way to reinforce Color Theory for my 3-D kiddos.

They first learned their color wheel & mixtures for secondaries

 plus tinting & shading with the Polymer Clay Unit we saw a couple weeks ago.

In this Tye Dye practice unit they are also learning about Color Schemes.

The students were required to turn in 3 paper samplers,

each with a different design.

Their first one was to be dipped only in one color (Monochromatic)

the second one into 2 colors (Analogous) 

with a partial overlapping in one area to see how the two colors mixed.

The third one (Primary with Secondary Overlaps plus Neutrals) had to be dipped into 3 colors

 with partial overlaps as well.

The results were terrific.

Enjoy!

What I did was look at all three in each student's packet

 to find their most beautiful one to photograph.

Above are 8th graders Daisy Camacho & Dana Ahmad.

So yummy!

Next we have senior Julie Ahn & 8th grader Loren Kim.

Stunning :)

And here are 8th grader Leanne Alcoy & Senior Alexis Bilas-Imperial.

Very cool!

These next 3 were done by Senior Hannah Park,

& 8th graders Karen Hung &  James Lara.

James made an especially tricky one that turned out like snowflakes.

We end with seniors Crystal Lai-Ton-Nu & Rachel Kannampuzha

 as well as 8th grader Christina Ortiz.

Brilliant job all of you!!!!

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

TYE-DYE SAMPLERS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

white paper towels & Rit Liquid Dye

To reinforce the Color Theory lessons my beginners learned

 in the Polymer Bead & Button Unit,

I take them thru a Tye-Dye Unit where they get to play more with color.

But before we get to cloth and t-shirts,

we experiment with design & color on white paper towels.

The kids have to turn in 3 samples;

a one color dip,

 a two color dip allowing a bit of overlap, 

and a three color dip w/ overlap.

This first one is a great example of a 3 color dip with overlap

done by senior Clarissa Gutierrez.

You can see evidence of a lot of fan folding going on and binding areas for resist.

This next one is junior Helen Park's monochromatic or one color dip.

I love the precision folding towards the center then the traditional binding  for the resists.

Love the sparkly resists that Helen achieved on her 3 color sample.

So after folding several times she used the ends of wooden clothes pins

to hold it closed to create the resists.

This is a two dipper (blue/purple) by senior Christine Caballes .

You can see her fan folded edge lines 

and it looks like she folded the fan in half and wrapped with string

to get resists.

And check out this next monochromatic piece by 8th grader Malia Pulido.

Looks like many square folds were made first 

and then some clamping with staples.

Oh yes, 

you can use staples which gives a very cool linear effect.

This sampler is also by Malia,

and went into 3 of our colors for a very striking traditional design.

8th grader Iris Lin is also doing a traditional design

 but has included a rusty something that adds additional interest.

This is her two dipper,

love your color choices kiddo!

Carl Estrada,

8th grader,

achieved this very cool diamond pattern with his two dipper.

And this very organic one was one of my personal favorites,

created by 8th grader Charlotte Park.

It feels like fireworks bursting in air.

And loved this gorgeous,

rich and striking design by senior Iris Xu.

Her use of color is amazing!!

And we end with this beauty by 8th grader Eliana Lee.

What interesting colors she has chosen to use,

I would have never thought to use them together,

 but the finished effect is AWESOME!!!

IT NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE

I'm having so much fun demonstrating for my Beginning 3-D students 

the art & craft of Tye-Dyeing.

Whether it's showing them the traditional patterns from the late 60's and 70's,

or the newer patterns that involve multiple layers of folding and wrapping.

It's all a blast!

So these are my paper demos. from this year.

And it seems that right now Tye-Dye has really made a come back in the fashion industry.

This summer I saw so many tops and dresses made from Tye-Dyed designs.

For me it's the unveiling that's the best and most satisfying part.

You just never know what you're gonna get,

and you are constantly thinking of new ideas to try.

And the second best part is that it's relatively inexpensive to do with a large class of kids.

And right now on Pinterest,

there are so many great tutorials and ideas.

Give it a try.

I recommend using Rit liquid dyes.

Back to the 60"s

PRELIMINARY TYE-DYE SAMPLES

BEGINNING 3-D ART

rit dyes & white paper towels

This unit is one of the many ways I introduce color theory into the 3-d curriculum.

Besides the traditional 60's circular motifs I also show more contemporary techniques and the results are gorgeous.

One of my new favorite new students, junior Hazel Cruz, really got into the whole tye-dye thing, coming in everyday at lunch and after school to do more then required.  

As a result she got in a lot of practice and turned in some fabulous pieces. 

These top three are hers.

I require a single color dip, a two color with overlaps, and a triple color with overlaps.

And of course they can do as many as they want as time allows.

This next one by junior Will Kim, is a 3 color dip in a very contemporary design on the diagonal.

I love the color choices Will made and the way the green and purple look when they are overlapped.

Another new kid that I'm real impressed with is junior Josh Bok.

Just look at this crazy, wonderful mix of traditional and contemporary techniques.

So very cool!

These next two were created by junior Antoniette Jabat.

Above is her two color and below her three color.

Strikingly beautiful.

 And I'll end with a very traditional piece by senior Evelyn Aldana.

It's a three color and the edges of her design look like feathers to me.

So very pretty.

Tye-Dye Unit - Student Art

A really fun unit for my beginning 3-d students, to reinforce the color theory unit that we studied, was tye-dye using cold water Rit Fabric Dyes (I added salt and vinegar as mordants to each dye-bath to help absorb and set colors). I show them traditional tye-dye from the late 60's and early 70's and then some more modern techniques as well. And then the kids came up with new ideas I've never seen before. It's a learning experience for me too!

We start off the trials on white paper towels (pictured above) and then we go next to squares of bleached white muslin cloth (100% cotton, below). Also this year because my 7th graders were running 3 days ahead of schedule I let them try out some paper towel samples as well (pictured directly above).

The cloth pieces above will be used at a later date for the front and back panels of an appliquilt assignment the beginning 3-d kids will be tackling (below).

Then both groups had time for some extra credit dyeing where they brought in 100% cotton t-shirts and really enjoyed themselves (below). We ended up with many striking pieces from both groups!