10 November, 2009

What did I do?:
Today, I made a tie-dye and stencil printing. I am able to do this because Ibu Lisa taught my friends and I to do so. Not just teaching and giving the instructions orally, she also gave a demonstration of how to do it. It was fun!!!

Tie-Dye:

1. First, you plan and design how you want your tie-dye to look like. This includes the pattern and color. I experimented mine by first using a paper tissue as my trial. The pattern that I wanted is a swirl with different colors in each section.

2. When I am satisfied, I tied an old, plain white t-shirt in a knot by using a rubber band. Remember to tie it very tightly or the colors might spread over. I start mine with tying a knot in the middle, and made it into three sections. I did this because I was trying to make a swirl.

3. Then I dip the first section into naphthol, then garam and last water. For the first section, I use the color purple. Naphthol is used as a starter color, that's why you use it in the first place. The color from naphthol is very light. The "garam" that I mean here is not "salt". It is a substance to show the color from the naphthol. Last, water is used to rinse the color. To have a darker color, dip the section again in the same order.

4. For the second section, I used the color red. I used the same technique as I did with the first one.

5. The last section, I used the color yellow and I used the same technique ans I did with the first and second secton.

6. When all the sections are all colored, I untie all the knots.

7. Ta-da!!! It is all done :)


Stencil Printing:

1. First, you prepare a tool to be used as a stamp. I chose onions as my tool because it has some pattern on it.

2. I cut the onion into two parts.

3. I dip one part into a paint.

4. Then, I start stamping them on a fabric.

5. Tha! You just did stencil printing.

Changes:
There are no changes in time to make a tie-dye and stecil printing. The only changes is that I don't try stencil printing. Instead I just watched Ibu Lisa doing it.

Improvements:
The improvements that should be made are the colors. The colors that are provided are only three and it is very limited. For me, the result of my tie-dye is not really good because the color in the middle of my shirt is too large and too dark. It is not what I expect it to be. As an improvement, I need to make my center section in a smaller knot so that the area is not too big and also dip the middle section only once in the naphthol and garam.

Goal for next step:
For the next goal, I am going to learn and make patchwork as a class. Ibu Lisa have a plan to combine each student's patchwork into one big table mat. The basic skills that is needed in this activity is backstitch. This means that I would also learn and gain a new skill, which is backstitch. Not just knowing them, but also doing it.