u/TalkSquirtyToMe

Hi everyone! I’m new to the dyeing community and have had a lot of fun experimenting with shibori techniques over the past few weeks. I’ve been using the indigo dye from Dharma. The one problem I’ve been coming across on most of my testers is a gray blotchiness.

At first, I assumed these were because I was not adequately clearing the film off the surface of the water and it was interfering with the dye absorption. But then I did a tester where I intentionally ran it over the surface of the water and it turned out great.

Any ideas as to what’s going on? Thank you!

I still have a lot of spare postcards, magazines, charms, erasers etc and can’t wait to make another!

Got a few small canvases since I like putting on 3D objects. Does anyone have any advice for the base layer? I heard mod Podge works to start and then I can use glue sticks/ hot glue as normal