Ask LaBricoleuse: Ombre rigs for dyeing

Someone on the DyersLIST email group asked:

Does anyone know how production is done in the ombre effect, I have to do quite a few and need a faster way.

I wrote a pretty lengthy response to the list, and I thought i'd share it here as well!

(In addition to "dyeing" and "equipment," I'm tagging this post with the "class: dyeing" tag since it does show some good images of our dyeshop facility, which i would be interested in, were i considering graduate school in costume production.)

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