Currently focused on Tie Dye Art, Chris Tetreault is a skilled artist of many mediums. He designs, draws, paints, carves, builds and more. From his Acrylic Chain Pull masterpieces to his one of a kind chess set with hand carved pieces and a totally unique checkered storage drawer. You never know what he’ll do next. Don’t Miss Chris!
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@@reenarawal1525 Though I recently ran out of most of my dyes and then my wife surprised me and brought home a goodie bag with like 18 or 20 sample jars of Jacquard…. Normally (and definitely when I made that shirt) I am working with Grateful Dyes from Colorado Dye Company. I use: Hot jet Black, Lemon Yellow, Bright Orange, Fuchsia, True Violet, Turquoise (blue) and Bright Green. I then custom mix to make quite a few additional colors from there (usually about a 12 color spectrum or so depending on what I’m doing).
@@vagusha Thank you! Though I recently ran out of most of my dyes and then my wife surprised me and brought home a goodie bag with like 18 or 20 sample jars of Jacquard…. Normally (and definitely when I made that shirt) I am working with Grateful Dyes from Colorado Dye Company. I use: Hot jet Black, Lemon Yellow, Bright Orange, Fuchsia, True Violet, Turquoise (blue) and Bright Green. I then custom mix to make quite a few additional colors from there (usually about a 12 color spectrum or so depending on what I’m doing).
@@cachecow I already use sinew when tying trip style so there was nothing unfamiliar or new about it really just more like the first stage of wrapping trip style nodes. It was more that I wasn’t sure how much it would affect the look. I find with the braided fishing line and with how tight I pull it it locks in nearly just as well as sinew. The sinew if anything just resist a little more when you first start pulling to tighten it up. Overall I really like the effect it gave but I’d say braided fishing has the advantage when it comes to tying finer more intricate details and being able to pack in more lines. So it would depend on the piece but I definitely wouldn’t avoid doing more in sinew if i wasn’t trying for tiny nodes or anything.
Love all of your work Chris. Totally blow me away and you can tell your subscribers that don’t know at the top right of the video screen. If they click on that little gear, it will allow them to speed up or slow down once again. Thanks for your 😁✌️fantastic work.
@@margotSanderford a big difference! Yes. My tap water gets to around 140 and still even if I rinse and hand wash until the water runs totally clear I will still get a bunch of extra die to wash out of the shirt when I boil it in dawn. Even if I machine wash after rinsing and handwashing the boil wash still get more dye out… and it’s all dye that would otherwise come out in the wash or elsewhere (like on a customer when it rains or it’s a hot sweaty day) eventually… The boiling water releases any dye molecules that are clinging to the fabric that have failed to chemically bond and the dawn holds the dye molecules in suspension so they don’t cling back onto the fabric. But in general the hotter the water is the more effectively it will release the excess dye from the fabric.
loved this design and video. wanted to check out more of your work but just so you know your IG and website that are listed on youtube ABOUT are not working. cheers!
@@pedxing thank you so much! I was actually not aware those were still outdated! I really appreciate the heads up! I just went ahead and updated those links to work now. Thanks again!
@@cachecow thank you so much it really does mean a lot! If it means anything I’m equally never sure how to respond… I feel like I’m way too repetitive saying “thank you” and “thank you so much” all the time but I usually don’t know what else to say. 😂But it means the world to me all the same! I appreciate you!
F****** wow, this is amazing. Very tedious, has to take extreme patience. Keeping doing what you do. You can not please everyone... if you did put music with your video, well bet ya ass they would be someone complain about that too. Shesh ppl.
That's awesome! Did you do HWI after liquid dyeing? I've noticed you boil yours after rinsing or hand washing, is it ok to ask about that? Thanks for sharing your art with us, very inspiring!!
@@Jessicazlee24 good questions (I get them frequently enough that I’m thinking about making a video specifically going over this stuff! Lol) My current process for most of my shirts (especially more complex designs) is to prewash and dry and then fold and dye the shirts completely dry. (No soda ash at this stage) I then apply liquid dye (made with urea water that’s 1 cup urea/per qt and using about 3 tsps dye powder per half cup of urea water). Immediately after dying I irrigate with hot concentrated Soda ash solution also at 1 cup per qt and heated to between 140-150F (no hotter though or you risk potentially damaging the dye molecules before the can form a proper bond to the fabric) at this temperature range and alkalinity it will instantly cure the dyes however it takes time for the solution to make it into the deeper folds and more tightly tied fabric so most of the time I let it sit at least a couple hours or overnight if it’s late to let it soak all the way through. Then after throughly rinsing and handwashing until the water is running mostly clear I boils with dawn dish soap. The boiling water releases dye molecules that failed to bond to the fabric and the dawn keeps them suspended in solution so they won’t cling back to the fabric. No matter how well you rinse and wash boiling will always get a lot more out and keep it from coming out slowly in the wash and into other clothes instead.
Wow that's incredible information!!! Thank you SO much for taking the time to write me back. I'm new to tie dye and if the boiling cuts down the rinse/wash time, then I'm interested!! Sometimes it seems like you rinse and wash and dye just keeps coming out, even after a few hot hand washes to me. I've heard another dye artist say he boils to prevent backstaining. But I couldn't get any more details than that. Anyway thanks again so much. You make some incredible pieces!!!! ✌️@@dontmisschris7248
@@Jessicazlee24happy to help! And I definitely hear you with the that feeling like the dye will never stop coming out! Lol. Unfortunately lots of rinsing and handwashing is pretty much unavoidable from what I’ve found so far. The boiling in dawn water definitely helps though as does adding dawn dish soap to your water for the rinsing/handwashing. I usually rinse the tied pieces under cold water then gradually switch hot water until the color starts to significantly lighten up then add a little dawn and either plug the sink or out the piece in a container and swish it around vigorously in the hotwater with dawn. Then dump and rinse more until just about clears then I unravel the pieces and repeat that whole process to until I’m back to nearly clear water again. Then I do the boil with hot water, one last, much quicker easier rinse and squeeze or wring out then in the washing machine. This seems to be working for me. Swishing the pieces around in a container or sink with hot water and dawn vs just running them under hot water definitely helps speed it up and use a bit less water over all.
Fascinating layout! I can't comprehend how intricately you play with intertwining the folds with the tyes! Like a chef letting the spices and herbs dance together with the heat! Love ya, love your shoe!
@@Chandanisingh92 braided and 50 lbs test. Mono line works too but it is much more difficult to use since it doesn’t lock into the fabric like braided line will so it will pretty much completely unravel if you don’t keep constant tension on it until you’re ready to tie off. The braided line is more expensive but the joints in your hands and wrists will thank you!
Hahaha you did that last great one ....then that color scheme was ticking in your brain, keeping you up at night, consuming your thoughts wondering what is the exact way to apply the color and then.........YOU NAILED IT!!!! STILL LIKE THE FIRST ONE BUT THIS ONE??? WOW!!!
Thank you so much! Unfortunately for this one the un-sped up video is already long gone…. Limited storage space and lots of projects to try and document. But I will try and make a slower video next time if I make another one though. And both versions of this shirt sold pretty quickly so there’s a good chance I will!
Any chance of you slowing one down? 😂. I saw a Mandelbrot documentary years ago that shifted my perspective and you’ve captured it perfectly here, well done!
@@ericwalls7717 thank you so much! Yes it definitely has some extra cushion to it. It took more dye than a regular shirt for sure but the fact that I had the entire thing very tightly bound helped a lot. Ones I’ve done in the past where the fabric wasn’t tied up so tightly took a lot more dye. Which if you think about it makes perfect sense. There’s a ton of extra air space to fill with dye that’s creating all that cushiony fabric when it’s not tightly compressed but when you bind it up good you’re getting rid of most of it… anyway thanks again! I really appreciate you following my work!
@@dontmisschris7248 I fired up the tye dye machine on a camping trip with family and friends, got five people involved and seven shirts done! My wife meticulously did a "lightning swirl" with most excellent results. Our daughter did a smashing good golden star that belongs on Mario Brothers, and I did a "fire and earth" swirl with scrunch. Several colors ran empty.... going to have to place an order soon. Any special color suggestions? Love ya, love your show!
@@dontmisschris7248 As someone new to tie dying process, this was incredible. Went to your site and purchased the glitch, so impressive. I will be so happy to have your piece of art!
@@priscillaswanson8164 Thank you so much! I just saw your order come though. I really appreciate it! Just want to clarify though. It says you ordered the 3XL Rainbow Blackout Glitch shirt. Not the Kraken shirt that’s in this video. Was that your intent or did you mean to order this one with the octopus on it?
Hallo, i am from Germany, you make very beautiful Designs, i have one question, how Do you make the Colors for the shirts?? Sorry, my englisch is not Goodyear 😂 trank you for a answaer
@@heike3985 thank you so much! I use Procion MX dyes (aka cold/warm water fiber reactive dyes) usually from Grateful Dyes but not always. I make urea water (about 1 cup dry urea granules to 4 cups hot water blended well then strained) then mix about 3 teaspoons per 1/2 cup for most colors that I want to be bright, intense or deep… if I want a lighter shade I’ll use less. Sometimes a lot less. In some cases I’ll thicken some or all of the colors to different degrees with sodium alginate if I’m looking for the colors to spread or blend less. In most cases, this one included, I only thicken the black. Hope that helps! And thanks for checking out my work! It’s awesome knowing people all over the world are seeing my artwork!
