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I am working on doing a series of blood-dyed shirts. Any idea how to approach this? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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“The noise of the bars, the grit of the sidewalks,
The decaying plane trees shedding leaves in the dark,
The omnibus a hurricane of rattling iron and mud,
That screeches, badly aligned on its wheels,
And slowly rolls its green and yellow eyes,
Workers going to their club, smoking clay pipes
Under the noses of the police officers,
Dripping roofs, sweating walls, slippery pavement,
Cracked asphalt, streams filling the gutter,
That’s my road—with heaven at the end.”
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I saw both of those links which you posted prior to starting the thread. I am seeking more specific information relative to blood dyeing.“The noise of the bars, the grit of the sidewalks,
The decaying plane trees shedding leaves in the dark,
The omnibus a hurricane of rattling iron and mud,
That screeches, badly aligned on its wheels,
And slowly rolls its green and yellow eyes,
Workers going to their club, smoking clay pipes
Under the noses of the police officers,
Dripping roofs, sweating walls, slippery pavement,
Cracked asphalt, streams filling the gutter,
That’s my road—with heaven at the end.”
-- Paul Verlaine -
if you are thinking about bbs, he didnt use blood in the final collection because of the smell. but instead he used the exact red colors that blood has in the different stages of dryness with normal dye.Comment
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well, instead of asking on the internet, maybe get some blood and do some material experiments?! TRIAL AND ERROR!Comment
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if you are hoping to get that lovely dark red color as seen on BBS etc with actual blood you will be disappointed. Due to the iron-rich nature of actual blood, you will get heavy oxidization and the final color even before washing is going to be a dirty brown and a fair amount is going to wash out.
I experimented with doing blood dyeing a few years ago on simple thin untreated cotton jersey and the fabric came out lightly tinted brown like it was old fabric, not much else.
For the deep, dark red tones, you'll have to experiment with blending black/blue dye with rich red in various ratios.
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^^What he said is the science behind it. TRUTH.
If you want to use real blood you'll get rust to brown (like coagulated blood does) and while it sounds cool, the heterogeneity of blood just causes a mess and as mentioned about BBS, the metallic-to-eventually-gnarly smell will likely drive you nuts and the smell goes away inversely proportional to the color. (i.e.-if you want lots of color, then you'll still have lots of smell) No smell, no color.Comment
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Thank you all for your help. I suppose it is time to experiment with inks and dyes as opposed to blood, then. Too bad, as I happen to have access to quite a bit of cow blood at a local laboratory.“The noise of the bars, the grit of the sidewalks,
The decaying plane trees shedding leaves in the dark,
The omnibus a hurricane of rattling iron and mud,
That screeches, badly aligned on its wheels,
And slowly rolls its green and yellow eyes,
Workers going to their club, smoking clay pipes
Under the noses of the police officers,
Dripping roofs, sweating walls, slippery pavement,
Cracked asphalt, streams filling the gutter,
That’s my road—with heaven at the end.”
-- Paul VerlaineComment
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Does anyone have any images of blood dyed leather, other than BBS FW11?
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I don't think you're going to find anyone with direct experience here. Just try it! (and let me know what happens). Especially if you've got a bunch just sittin around. the only thing i can imagine is that it would have to be a cold dye process as blood clots/sets in hot water, though maybe that's something you'd want?Comment
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