Tinting Millinery Course

Learn a variety of tinting techniques to add a fresh uniqueness to your millinery range. Release the creative artist within whether you are tinting millinery flowers, adding patterns to straw or transforming trims into a kaleidoscope of colour. 
Colours sold separately

Liquid Radiance is a concentrated range of liquid colours for use on all white or light coloured fabrics ranging from silks and other natural fibres through to 100% synthetic and polyester blends.Liquid Radiance Colours are non toxic, simple, safe and economical. Concentrated colours are diluted with water.
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Kit Contents:
1x Red
1x Blue
1x Yellow
1x Green
1x Magenta
5x Dispenser bottles
5x Dispenser cap

With over 50 years of hat making experience and decades of teaching millinery, Elaine Mergard’s mission is to help create the next generation of milliners by teaching techniques enabling each student to develop their unique creativity.

At the 2017 Hats Off to Adelaide Millinery Conference, Elaine was honoured by her peers and was inducted into the Millinery Association of Australia ‘Hall of Fame’ for her contribution to millinery in Australia and beyond.
Learn with Studio+Instant access to 70+ creative lessons. LEARN MORE WHAT YOU GET • 3 creative online video lessons• Unlimited lesson access on any modern device• 3+ hours of comprehensive video tuition• Correspondence with tutor to answer lesson questions LESSON PLAN TINTING SILK FLOWERS These tinting fundamentals teach you the the basics to use these colours and are essential as it has both the properties of a dye and a paint. Learn several tinting techniques to add texture to the flowers appearance.Lesson Modules:• Fundamentals • Finger Brush Method• Salting Method • Colour Pre-shaped Petals TINTING STRAWS Straws no longer need to be plain as you learn to tint and pattern to all straws whether parisisal, silk abaca, panamas or sinamay. Lesson Modules:• Marbling • Colouring Straws• Floral Patterning • Heliography TINTING MILLINERY COMPONENTS Learn to colour silk abaca and mould various flower petal shapes into uniquely colour tinted flowers for your hats. Also tint feathers to give a complimentary colourful touch to your new headwear design.Lesson Modules:• Silk Abaca Flower Tinting • Colouring Crinoline• Colouring Lace, Braid & Veiling • Tinting Feathers VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION Be inspired by millinery tuition that covers practical technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge. LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME You have unlimited access to all your lessons so you can return to modules and recap on specific skills. LESSON ASSISTANCE Access online contact with your tutor for three months to ask lesson specific questions and feedback. RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES Liquid Radiance - Course specific colours. Purchase Options: Standalone course only Learn with Studio+Access this course and 70+ lessons var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6); var pid600879 = window.pid600879 || rnd; var plc600879 = window.plc600879 || 0; var abkw = window.abkw || ''; var absrc = 'https://servedbyadbutler.com/adserve/;ID=166897;size=100x20;setID=600879;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid600879+';place='+(plc600879++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER'; document.write(''); Standalone course only Learn with Studio+Access this course and 70+ lessons var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6); var pid600879 = window.pid600879 || rnd; var plc600879 = window.plc600879 || 0; var abkw = window.abkw || ''; var absrc = 'https://servedbyadbutler.com/adserve/;ID=166897;size=100x20;setID=600879;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid600879+';place='+(plc600879++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER'; document.write(''); RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES Liquid RadianceCourse specific colours.