Folded Ice Dyeing

Last winter I played with some organic geode ice dyeing. Now this year I am trying my hand at folded ice dyeing. So far I have been working with cotton cloth. Three projects are completed. 

The artist Susan Purney Mark has a nice video workshop if you want to learn about this technique. Also it is worth going to see her gallery. 

This piece is an almost square tablecloth. I folded it into triangles , as well as I could. And I used four colours. Wedgewood blue, lapis blue, rust orange and burgundy. I have not decided if this will stay as a tablecloth or become something else. 

This second piece is a cotton blouse. I applied two dye colours here. I was trying to fold the cloth into little squares. The back and front are virtually identical. 

This third piece was a table runner found at the thrift store. It is a double thickness of fabric. 

As you can tell, I folded things on a diagonal here. I used a jet black, ice blue and clear yellow. This one makes me think of a crocus patch in the spring. 

This is a fun technique. I will be trying more experiments soon.