Genius Hour Reflection 4
Throughout this Tie dye experience we have learned some easier concepts to conduct this experiment.We have learned when doing the harder techniques,to carefully take your time and do it because otherwise you can mess up and with the dye it gets really messy. So far we have dyed two shirts, one basic design and one slightly harder.Our next steps are to dye one more shirt and then start to work on the presentation part of the project.
Genius Hour Reflection 3
While trying to experiment a design on a t-shirt, I have realized that it is harder than it looks. My perspective on tie dye has changed because I thought it would be a piece of cake. However actually conducting the design is hard, you have to make sure you know how and where to place an elastic for a specific design. If you put an elastic in the wrong place and dye it in that place, then your whole design that you were trying to achieve will not come out the way you would like it to. So I have to really pay attention and dye the shirts with full concentration if I want the design to come out properly.
My next steps for this project are to dye a shirt with an easy design so I could get used to the whole process of tying the shirt in the right spots and to get used to the dye and try not to spill it everywhere. By doing the easy design I will get the hang of using dye because I have never dyed a shirt and I won’t mess up because there's not a lot of work involved in doing an easy design.
My next steps for this project are to dye a shirt with an easy design so I could get used to the whole process of tying the shirt in the right spots and to get used to the dye and try not to spill it everywhere. By doing the easy design I will get the hang of using dye because I have never dyed a shirt and I won’t mess up because there's not a lot of work involved in doing an easy design.
Genius Hour Reflection 2
Throughout the research part of my project, I have found a couple of websites that have been my greatest resource, and I hope to use those websites to conduct my genius hour project. One of the two websites I used is www.instructables.com. This website provides step by step instruction on how to tie dye old shirts; I plan to use this website as my main website because the instructions are very clear and straight forward. The second website I used is www.favecrafts.com. This website takes tie dye to the next level, it has a lot of tie dye patterns and designs which I hope to do. From this website I will take design ideas since the website has 94 tie dye techniques. However at times I prefer visual instructions on tie dye so I will go on to YouTube and watch videos on tie dye.
My next steps in tie dye are to draw out 10 designs on a piece of paper and draw them just like how I want my final t-shirt to look like. For an example, if I wanted to do the twisted tie dye shirt then on a blank piece of paper I will draw out a t-shirt template and then draw a twisted –like design with the colors that I want to use. This process will make it easier for me when I officially start to dye the shirts.
After drawing out 10 different designs I will do a practice t-shirt with actual dye!
My next steps in tie dye are to draw out 10 designs on a piece of paper and draw them just like how I want my final t-shirt to look like. For an example, if I wanted to do the twisted tie dye shirt then on a blank piece of paper I will draw out a t-shirt template and then draw a twisted –like design with the colors that I want to use. This process will make it easier for me when I officially start to dye the shirts.
After drawing out 10 different designs I will do a practice t-shirt with actual dye!
Genius Hour Reflection 1
For my genius hour me and Gurpuneet have decided to do tie-dye. We selected this area for genius hour because it’s something that is creative and different. I am the type of girl that buys my clothes and never really thought of how much effort and work it takes to design clothes and make them look pretty .I took sewing class in grade 8 for about 6 weeks, after that I have never touched a sewing machine or anything to do with creating your own clothes. Tie-dye is the process of taking a normal white shirt and dyeing it with a variety of colors. I think this area will be very fun to work with and not only will I tie dye but I will also make different types of shirts for an example, some will be t-shirt style and some tank top style.
In this area I hope to gain experience of how to tie dye and also to learn how to do different patterns on a shirt using the tie-dye technique. If I learn how to tie dye then it will be for my benefit because whenever I want to design something in the future then I will have knowledge on how to make whatever I am making colorful. When it comes to creativity, I am not really creative and tend to take the easy way out. When I tie dye I hope to be creative with the colors and make more than one design of tie dye on it such as, making polka dots, spirals and stripes.
In this area I hope to gain experience of how to tie dye and also to learn how to do different patterns on a shirt using the tie-dye technique. If I learn how to tie dye then it will be for my benefit because whenever I want to design something in the future then I will have knowledge on how to make whatever I am making colorful. When it comes to creativity, I am not really creative and tend to take the easy way out. When I tie dye I hope to be creative with the colors and make more than one design of tie dye on it such as, making polka dots, spirals and stripes.