Hobby & Craft: Dyes
- Cyanotype Kit$99.95
This Cyanotype Kit makes sun printing easier than ever and includes everything needed to get started. The chemistry comes pre-measured in lightproof black bottles. Simply fill each bottle with water to create Stock Solutions A & B and mix the two in equal parts to create the cyanotype sensitizer. Coat the included 300g Hahnemuehle Platinum Rag Fine Art Paper with the sensitizer and, once dry, create prints by exposing to sunlight or UV (10-20 minutes, depending on conditions), using objects and the included glass printing frame or a film negative to create an image. After exposure, prints are processed in a tray of cool water and allowed to air dry. The kit comes with enough material to make at least a dozen 8.5" x 11" prints.
- Basic Dye 1 Pound$103.50-$146.50
14 itemsThe perfect solution for hard-to-dye materials. Developed for acrylic fibers (e.g. faux fur, wigs and inexpensive yarn), these dyes are also the go-to for wood, reeds, straw, paper, leather and hemp! Use them for potpourri, dolls, buttons and furniture, or add to Piñata Claro Extender for custom alcohol ink colors.
- Procion 13-Color Set$149.95
Includes: 2 x 1lb bags of Soda Ash Dye Fixer, Instruction Sheet & Color Chart
13 x 2/3oz Jars of Procion MX Dye Powder
Golden Yellow, Antique Gold, Brilliant Orange, Fire Engine Red, Magenta, Fuchsia, Marine Violet, Turquoise, Medium Blue, Cobalt Blue, Emerald Green, Chocolate Brown and Jet Black
- Synthrapol$19.95-$50.60
2 itemsSynthrapol is used to prevent backstaining, which will result if the excess dye is not removed when dying. It is a mild soap specifically made to suspend and carry the dye from the fiber. Rinse the fiber thoroughly with a small amount of synthrapol, then add one tablespoon to each wash load when laundering the fresh dyes.
- Tie Dye Class Kit$156.40
This easy, fun and economical pack is perfect for classes, parties and camps. Note: you will need to supply 100% cotton shirts or fabric, paper towels, water and a bucket. Ages 12+ (recommended for up to 30 individuals).
Includes
9—8 fl oz/0.24 L applicator bottles of pre-measured Procion MX dye powder (3 each Yellow, Magenta & Turquoise) — just add water
3—8 oz/0.24 L empty applicator bottles with tips
1—1 lb/0.45 kg bag of Soda Ash dye fixer
1—1/2 lb/0.23 kg bag of rubber bands
1—100 ct. box of gloves
Video Tutorial Access Card
Printed instructions
- Cyanotype Class Pack$151.95Out of Stock
Experience the magic of sun-printing with the Cyanotype Class Pack! Cyanotype is by far the easiest and most magical sun printing process there is, and with Jacquard’s Cyanotype Class Pack, students can experience the full breadth cyanotype’s potential in a single lesson. The pack comes with everything needed to make prints from objects (“photograms”), drawings or photographs—all you need is a sunny day! The cyanotype process ties in well to art, science, photography, chemistry and nature lessons/curriculums.
A great group activity, fun and safe for kids 8+! Recommended for up to 30 participants.
Set Includes:
30 x Pretreated Cyanotype Fabric Sheets (8.5" x 11"/21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
30 x Film Sheets (8.5" x 11"/21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
6 x Film Markers
50 x T-pins
6 x Cardboard backerboards (8.5" x 11"/21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Instructions - Cyanotype Chemicals$26.95-$104.80
5 itemsThese chemicals are used for Cyanotype, a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Potassium Ferricyanide is a light-sensitive iron salt. These salts are mixed with water to make solutions for cyanotype printing.
- Indigo Pre-Reduced$14.70-$67.40
2 itemsIndigo exists in plants that grow all over the world. It is virtually the only blue dye that occurs in nature. With a fascinating history, indigo is equally fascinating to use: the blue color “magically” appears as dipped fabric is exposed to oxygen in the air! This unique property sets indigo apart from every other dye and makes it especially well-suited for patterning techniques. The dye produces a wide range of blues, from a pale sky blue to the deepest navy. Prized by countless cultures for millennia, indigo is still used today for coloring blue jeans. Jacquard’s synthesized indigo is molecularly identical to the naturally occurring dye and comes pre-reduced 60% for unprecedented ease of use.
- Acid Dye 1 Pound$37.00-$132.4040 items
- Cyanotype Sensitizer Set$32.60
2 Component Set for Photographic blueprints on paper and fabric
Cyanotype is the “original” sun-printing process, one of the earliest photographic techniques. Discovered in 1842 and distinctive for producing rich, Prussian blue monochromatic prints, Cyanotype was popular well into the 20th century as an inexpensive method for reproducing photographs, documents, maps and plans (hence the enduring architectural term “blueprint”) and famously, for making impressions of biological specimens in the field (“photograms”).
- Cyanotype Fabric Sheets$53.95-$119.95
3 itemsThese pre-treated Cyanotype Fabrics make cyanotype printing easier than ever before. Simply expose the fabric to sunlight or UV (3-15 minutes, depending on conditions), placing objects or a film negative on top to create an image. After exposure, prints are processed in a tray of cool water and allowed to air dry.
8.5" x 11" 30 sheets
- Jacquard Film Marker$6.80
This resist pen is completely opaque, fast drying, non-toxic and perfect to use for marking film media. It can be used to draw designs directly onto SolarFast film. It can also be used with screen printers to make prints from original drawings. The pen has a medium 1.2mm point. The carded version can be hung on the side of the SolarFast rack.
- SolarFast Film$29.95
SolarFast Film is used in an ink jet printer to create film negatives to print continuous tone designs on paper or fabric with SolarFast Dyes. Eight 8.5" x 11" sheets per package.
- SolarFast Dye$18.95
16 itemsThese dyes are used to create photograms, continuous tone photographs, shadow prints and ombr s on fabric and paper. It is also great for painting, tie-dyeing, screen-printing, stamping, batik and more. 4 ounce bottles
- Jacquard Basic Dyes$9.60
13 itemsThe perfect solution for hard-to-dye materials. Developed for acrylic fibers (e.g. faux fur, wigs and inexpensive yarn), these dyes are also the go-to for wood, reeds, straw, paper, leather and hemp! Use them for potpourri, dolls, buttons and furniture, or add to Piñata Claro Extender for custom alcohol ink colors.
- Cochineal$33.95-$111.95
2 itemsCochineal is among the most ancient and versatile natural dyes on the planet. It has excellent light and washfastness properties and produces a beautiful range of reds, scarlets, violets, fuchsias and purples. Permanent on all natural fibers, cochineal is often used with a mordant such as alum. The color (carminic acid) comes from the bodies of female insects of the species Dactylopius coccus. These parasitic insects are farmed on the prickly pear cactus (nopal), which is native to Mexico, Central and South America.
Jacquard’s Cochineal comes directly from a small, family owned and operated, organic farm co-op in Lima, Peru.
- Super Fast Acid Wool Dye$43.20-$106.90
8 itemsEight beautiful colors for hard-to-dye protein fibers like wool, mohair, feathers and more. The colors have been specifically selected for their colorfastness and affinity for wool. Unlike typical acid dyes, the SuperFast Acid Dyes are all premetallized (also known as “metal-complex dyes”). Premetallized dyes strike faster than any other dye and are regarded as having maximum washfastness and lightfastness properties, making them especially well-suited for wool.
- Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes 1 Pound$43.70-$227.70
43 itemsProcion is a concentrated powdered dye which, when added to water, produces exceptionally brilliant color. The dyes are intermixable, and the resulting colors are permanent, colorfast and completely washable. It is ideal for all natural materials such as cotton, rayon, linen, silk, wool, paper, reeds and wood. Plus, it can be used for a variety of applications including tie-dyeing, vat dyeing, batik, airbrush, hand painting, printing and spatter painting. Available in 2/3 oz. jars. Generally, one jar can dye more than five yards of fabric– about nine T-shirts.
- Indigo Tie Dye Kit$33.80
This kit brings the ancient art of indigo dyeing to the home dyer in a user-friendly formulation. Indigo dye, which comes from a plant, is one of the oldest dyes used for coloring fabrics and the one still used today to color blue jeans. This natural dye process has long been used in many cultures around the world. This kit includes pre-reduced Indigo dye, reducing agent, gloves, two sizes of rubber bands, two wood blocks, quick start instructions and an instruction booklet with dye patterns and historical overview of indigo. Dyes up to 15 shirts or 15 yards (5lbs.) of fabric. For ages 8 and up.
- Jacquard iDye$10.95-$13.95
48 itemsDyeing fabric in a washing machine has never been easier. iDye comes in a 14 g. packet that dissolves in water which means there is no handling of messy dye powders. Just throw the dye packet in, add salt or vinegar and run through the wash cycle. It is the ultimate easy way to get gorgeous color! Each packet will dye two to three pounds of fabric. Available in a variety of vibrant colors and two formulas; one for 100% natural fabrics and the other for synthetics.
- Jacquard Acid Dyes$10.50
48 itemsAcid dyes are used to color silk and wool and other protein fibers (as well as some nylons), and nothing does it better! Extremely brilliant and colorfast, Jacquard Acid Dyes are highly concentrated, powdered hot water dyes that produce level, uniform color when immersion dyeing. They exhaust extremely well and won’t bleed or fade with washing. Of all the colorants in the world, acid dyes are known to produce the most vibrant colors of all, and Jacquard’s palette is unsurpassed both for quality and intensity.
Don’t be alarmed by the name–the only acid involved is the white vinegar or citric acid that you add to the dye bath.
In addition to yarn, fiber and fabric dyeing, Jacquard Acid Dyes may also be used for direct painting or printing applications, using steam setting.
- Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes
$10.50$9.9543 itemsProcion is a concentrated powdered dye which, when added to water, produces exceptionally brilliant color. The dyes are intermixable, and the resulting colors are permanent, colorfast and completely washable. It is ideal for all natural materials such as cotton, rayon, linen, silk, wool, paper, reeds and wood. Plus, it can be used for a variety of applications including tie-dyeing, vat dyeing, batik, airbrush, hand painting, printing and spatter painting. Available in 2/3 oz. jars. Generally, one jar can dye more than five yards of fabric– about nine T-shirts.
- Tie Dye Kit$45.30
These easy-to-use tie dye kit features Procion MX fiber reactive dye, a concentrated dye that produces exceptionally brilliant color on any non-synthetic fabric. Each complete kit includes supplies to dye up to fifteen adult T-shirts: instructions, dyes in fuchsia, turquoise and yellow, soda ash dye fixer, rubber gloves, rubber bands and an extra bottle for mixing pastels or secondary colors. The dye is in powder form in large plastic squeeze bottles. Simply add warm water to dissolve the dye and it’s ready for use or for mixing new colors. The instructions describe and illustrate all the steps, including four tying techniques that produce different explosive patterns. Includes free instructions
- FAS Watersoluble Powder Dye 30g$7.5012 items
- Soda Ash Dye Fixer$9.80Out of Stock
A mild alkali, Soda Ash is necessary to activate and set Procion dye. 1lb
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