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Guilded, Module 2: Colour 2025 (access to course materials expires Dec 31, 2026)
Introduction & Preparation
Welcome & Copyright (please read me)
Managing Your Account
Please Ensure Your Account Is Under Your Name
Course Launch - April 1, 12 noon Atlantic Time
Fibres List
Supplies List
Equipment List / Studio Set Up
List of Global Suppliers (undyed fibres, mordants, dyes)
Preparatory Exercise #1: Scouring & Mordanting
Preparatory Exercise #2: Choose Your Pantone Colour
Posting Comments in the Course
Core Reference Materials
Instructor Greeting & Course Orientation Video (5:31)
No Course Extension
Your Safety
Natural Dye Terminology
Natural Dye Basic Science
How To Calculate WOF
Record Keeping & Defining A "Fibre Set" (6:02)
Record Keeping Template
Sample Trackers
General Dye Bath Principles
How To Test If Your Water Is Soft Or Hard
Quiz!
Lesson 1 - Primary Red, Colour Theory and Dye Categories
Colour Theory and Dye Categories (main lesson video) (23:02)
Preparing Madder Roots For Dyeing
Exercise 1: Primary Red (video) (30:02)
Exercise Written Instructions
Quiz!
Lesson 2 - Primary Blue, Secondary Purple
So, Before We Start Lesson 2...
Primary Colour Blue (main lesson video) (25:59)
Exercise 1: Ferrous Indigo Vat (video) (9:51)
Exercise 2: Madder Indigo Vat (video) (7:13)
Exercise 2a: How To Make Lye Water Alkali (video) (2:13)
Exercise 3: Secondary Purple (video) (1:18)
Exercise Written Instructions
Indigo Vat Care: Reviving & Rebalancing, Large Vats, Long-Term Care, Safe Disposal
Quiz!
Lesson 3 - Primary Yellow, Secondary Green & Orange, & Historic Recipe #1
So, Before We Start Lesson 3...
Primary Colour Yellow (main lesson video) (18:49)
Colour Wheel & Labelling (video) (1:13)
Exercise 1: Primary Colour Yellow (video) (7:11)
Exercise 2: Secondary Green #1 "Lincoln Green"(video) (1:23)
Exercise 3: Secondary Green #2 (video) (8:51)
Exercise 4: Secondary Orange (video) (0:25)
Exercise Written Instructions
Quiz!
Lesson 4 - Historic Modifier Reference Samples & Turkey Red Launch
So, Before We Start Lesson 4...
Main Lesson Video (16:24)
Exercise 1: Historic Modifier Samples (video) (8:37)
Exercise Written Instructions
Turkey Red Dye Launch
Quiz!
Lesson 5 - Local Dyes, Historic Recipe #3
So, Before We Start Lesson 5...
Main Lesson Video (19:35)
Exercise 1: Local Dyes "One Pot" Method (video) (3:20)
Optional Exercises: Solar & Fermentation Dyeing (video) (5:14)
Preventing & Dealing With Mold (video) (2:22)
Exercise Written Instructions
Quiz!
Lesson 6 - Madder Deep Dive & Historic Recipes #4
So, Before We Start Lesson 6...
Main Lesson Video (19:39)
Exercise 1: Abbreviated Turkey Red (video) (8:05)
Exercise 2: Fermented Madder (video) (3:28)
Exercise 3: Madder Orange (video) (3:10)
Exercise 4: Burgundian Black (video) (2:13)
Introductory Video for Boiling Methods (Exercises 5 & 6) (8:06)
Exercise 7: Boiling Method 1 (video) (2:34)
Exercise 8: Boiling Method 2 (video) (3:21)
Exercise Written Instructions
Quiz!
Lesson 7 - Water Insoluble Dye, Cutch, Lake Pigment, Ink
So, Before We Start Lesson 7...
Main Lesson Video (23:17)
Exercise 1: Water Insoluble Dye (video) (3:13)
Exercise 2: Brown (video) (4:08)
Exercise 3: Lake Pigment & Ink (video) (11:12)
Exercise Written Instructions
Quiz
Lesson 8 - Pantone Recreation, Working with Yardage, Fastness Tests, Fibre Care
So, Before We Start Lesson 8...
Main Lesson Video (7:00)
Lightfast Test (video) (2:51)
Working With Yardage & Skeins (video) (0:46)
Exercise 1: Recreate Your Pantone Colour (0:31)
Written Instructions - Fastness Tests & Fibre Care
Turkey Red Dye
Lye Hazards & Safety Practices
Scaling Up
Critical Path
How To Test For, & Make, Soft Water (1:15)
History & Chemistry (27:42)
Step 1 Soap (video + written instructions) (3:51)
Step 2 Mordant (video + written instructions) (8:57)
Step 3 Oil (video + written instructions) (10:46)
Step 4 Tannin (video + written instructions) (1:40)
Steps 5 & 6 2nd & 3rd Mordant (video + written instructions) (1:40)
Steps 7 & 8 Fixing & Dyeing (video + written instructions) (7:36)
Step 9 Clearing & Brightening (video + written instructions) (2:44)
Troubleshooting TRD
Your Results!
Thank You!
Thank You (please watch/read me) (1:02)
A Thank You Gift From Me To You (33:19)
Bibliography of Recommended Reading
Course Expiry (May 31, 2027)
Indigo Vat Care: Reviving & Rebalancing, Large Vats, Long-Term Care, Safe Disposal
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