Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dyes and dyeing: choosing expressive foundation color -- Chapter 2: Resist dyeing (shibori): adding pattern with dyes -- Chapter 3: Direct application: drawing and painting with pigments -- Chapter 4: Screen printing: repetition and composition -- Chapter 5: Digital printing: scanned or photographic images of cloth -- Chapter 6: Dischage: removing color -- Appendix A: Finishing techniques -- Appendix B: Materials, tools, and equipment -- Appendix C: Keeping samples: your cumulative cloth "library" and "toolbox"

"A comprehensive how-to reference that teaches wet textile surface design techniques for making custom cloth. Learn surface design for textiles, to create rich and personally expressive fabric surfaces. Projects by expert Susan Brandeis (author of the bestselling The Intentional Thread) help a range of levels--beginners to relatively experienced studio practitioners--experiment with each method. Covers wet techniques in detail: application and layering of textile dyes, pigments, and chemicals to add color, pattern, and images. Dry techniques are covered in a separate companion book--that is, how to combine these handmade fabrics using cutting, piecing, layering, building, and embellishing. What's the 'Cumulative Cloth'? A single cloth that readers add to with each chapter's techniques, eventually creating a piece of art. Serves as a go-to reference to check technical procedures and safety guidelines (many methods and ingredients require caution)."--Publisher