Dye Room Day!

Wig Felt Experimentation 

Well today I was back in the place I love - the dye room! As I have been introduced to the designs and previously briefed on the nature of this heavily devised performance, the designer Katie asked if I could get started  working on sampling ideas for the costumes. The designs at the moment are still being finalised, however the characters ('The Twins' and 'Dot') are the ones that have been given to me. Being given a bright yellow mop head my challenge was to turn this everyday household cleaning item into a wig.

With my dylon dye pots by my side and saucepan on the boil, I experimented with 'Tangerine' and 'Cherry Flame'. I could see that this mop head was definitely synthetic, so I also tested synthetic disperse dyes in the colour of 'Scarlet' and 'Claret Red'. They worked better but only by a slight difference.

I really enjoyed the  problem solving today and am looking forward to developing this mop head further with some stitch work!