1 Print and Paint on Fabric
Learn the secret science of working with colors and fabric.
You may not think that figuring out how to add color to fabric is a big deal. After all, if you’ve ever splashed mud on your pants, or dribbled grape juice down your shirt, you’ve seen how some fibers soak up color and don’t let it go. So it may surprise you to learn that the creation of paints, dyes, and other kinds of pigments played a major role in human history!
In early civilizations, only the most important people got to wear colorful clothes. That was one way other people could tell where you stood in society. Drab browns and dull yellows? You ...
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