Art: Winter Ice-dye session

If you didn't know, Antho and I have a little shop on Etsy where we sell tie-dye. It started out as a simple spur of the moment idea, something to do for fun on a Tuesday night. Our first run was simple but terribly exciting, and we had barely a clue what we were doing but we knew that we certainly had a blast doing it! After that we started dabbling our toes in the multi-colored waters as often as we could and now nearly 4 years into our relationship we've been making tie-dye on a fairly regular basis ever since. I can't say that we know all that much more about what we're doing these days, but we definitely have fun with it and have made well over 300 items thus far! My goal is to triple that in 2018 and that means a lot of folding, lots of ice and lots of dye. I'm so very much okay with that and Antho seems to be on board, too! 

This is great because it's even better to have a partner to help with the process as rinsing out the shirts after letting them soak up the dye can be an arduous (albeit photogenic) process, as no matter how much you rinse it seems like every little movement or squeeze releases yet more dye in what can sometimes feel like a never-ending and futile quest. Eventually you do, thankfully, hit a point where you can unfurl your newest creations and get an idea of what the design will hold- the ultimate reveal is after you've rinsed them out completely and dried them, but after waiting for the dye to cure and spending so much effort in rinsing there's a lot of anticipation built up. It's always exciting to see what new images and designs are revealed along the way, and the entire process is a lot of fun. It's so relaxing to me compared to doing the caricatures and the response has been quite positive! We look forward to making many more unique dye designs in the future and I hope to share as much of that process with you as I reasonably can! It's important to us as the creators and makers behind 710Visuals that people have the chance to see the love and beauty behind the shirts as well as the end results. It's all about enjoying the ride along the way, right? 

Until next time!

XOXO,

NAU