Fabric Painting and Dyeing for the Theatre [Paperback]

Deborah Dryden (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0435086243 | ISBN-13: 978-0435086244 | Publication Date: November 1, 1993

Features of this book include sections on:

• Setting Up a Dye Shop
• Types of Dyes
• Painting Mediums
• Painting the Fabric
• Aging and Distressing
• Dye Shop Equipment
• Dyers and Designers
• Glossary
• A selected bibliography and a list of suppliers
• Over 100 black and white photos, and an eight page color insert
• and much more!

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About the Author

Deborah Dryden is a professor of theatre at the University of California at San Diego. She has designed costumes for many theatres across the country, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and Portland, the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Minnesota Opera, the Mark Taper Forum, and the La Jolla Playhouse. She is also the costume designer for Malashock Dance and Company based in San Diego.In addition to designing costumes, Deborah has worked as a fabric dyer/painter at several theatres, including the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She has conducted classes and workshops on fabric painting and dyeing throughout the United States and Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama (November 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0435086243
• ISBN-13: 978-0435086244
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable resource on dyes and fabric paints, June 3, 2000

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This review is from: Fabric Painting and Dyeing for the Theatre (Paperback)

The name turned me away at first, as I am not dyeing for the theater. That was a mistake. While I don't need the chapters on how to set up a dye shop for a theatre, other information provided in this book is hard to come by elsewhere. Covers fiber reactive dyes, acid dyes, 1:2 metal complex dyes, direct dyes, basic dyes for acrylics, disperse dyes, metallics, textile paints, screen printing, 4 different discharge dyeing pastes, batik, blue printing and brown printing on fabric (or whole garments) using light, marbling, airbrush. Much more thorough treatment of potential hazards than any other dyeing book I've seen. Lists of carcinogenic dyes to avoid. Actual test results of fabric feel and fastness of many different textile paints, each on six different fibers. Good index.

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable resource., December 27, 2011

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Lexxy "Professional Costumer and Stylist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fabric Painting and Dyeing for the Theatre (Paperback)

This book is THE book for dyers, even just individual artists not working in theatre.

Great trouble shooting guide and even just good to read as a refresher if you haven't done something in a while. I've been dyeing for almost 10 years and still refer to this book.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BIble of Dyeing Book, November 9, 2008

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Haleh E. Risdana "Face Painting By Haleh" (Laguna Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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Good+ condition, arrived quickly. Thank you!
Excellent how to book. We use it in my Grad Dye & Paint class.