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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM News WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008
DIY: Tie-dying shirts could lead to psychedelic fun
Using multiple colors and tying rubber bands in various ways makes a tie-died shirt full of colorful designs. Eight easy steps can help you make your own shirts.
Sachiko Miykawa/KANSAN
White Owl has become an icon of tie-dye on campus, but don't make a quick assertion. Tie-dying is more than spiral patterns or a clash of psychedelic colors. You can enjoy a wide variety, experimenting different designs and subtle color effects.
Here are steps to do tie-dying a shirt. Invite your friends and create your own shirts!
1. Cut plastic bags and cover the table. Put newspaper on the plastic bags. This will prevent the table from staining.
2. Tie a white shirt with rubber bands. Make sure to tie each knot tightly. Knots will become the boundaries of the dyed and nondyed areas. Make as many knots as you want to and create a pattern.
3. To add a variety, you may start tying from the edge. Tying parallel to the bottom will make stripes. You can make several knots to create many circles.
4. Prepare three or four primary colors of dye powder and bottles. Dissolve powder in water and mix in the bottles.
5. Put plastic or rubber gloves on your hands and apply dye on the shirt.
6. To make the color lighter, you may put some water on dyed areas. Pour another color of dye on the dyed areas to mix colors and create gradation. Avoid using too many colors. Two or three different colors are be ideal.
7. After dying, seal the shirt in a plastic bag and leave it for 10 to 12 hours.
8. Rinse the shirt with cold water.
Put detergent and wash the shirt in a washing machine with hot water. After washing, dry the shirt in a dryer.
Tie-dye kits and plain shirts are available at Hobby Lobby, 1801 W. 23rd St. You can also buy tie-dye paints individually to store your favorite combination of colors.
— Sachiko Miyakawa
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics "White Glove" tour offers students an opportunity to see the Dole archives. Thousands of documents and photos make the tour educational and entertaining.
From the mouth of a small, fragile-looking face comes a loud alto-demanding voice singing its way onto the music industry.
Charlotte Sometimes is the pseudonym from a character in an 1969 Penelope Farmer novel. This character was known for finding "inspiration detailing her own exploits" and using it as means of "escape and confrontation."
Charlotte Sometimes captures this essence in name and in song. In album, "Waves & the Both of Us," Charlotte expresses herself in songs like "Losing Sleep," which she sings about losing sleep trying to be anything other than herself.
Charlotte uses her music to talk about how she feels in "I Could Just
Kill a Man" and "This is Only for Now" where the guitar is the key instrument. In "Pilot," the piano is strong and gives the song a softer sound than in "Army Men," which the piano gives an edgier-sound.
In some songs, her note transition from low to high are not smooth, making it seems like she's yodeling or struggling to hold the note-. But the eclectic sound of the music compensates for the vocals.
Brieun Scott
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