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Sunday 12 February 2017

Tie and Dye

Hello everyone,

Today I will be telling about Tie and dye .Tie and dye uses tieing, pleating, stitching, folding or twisting of fabric is a way to create patterns.

Tie and dye originated in Peru in 300-500 A.D. where circles and lines were used with bright colours and saturated primary colours are used with bold patterns. Dyes are also used of different varieties example household. fiber, reactive acid and VAT dyes.
Main tie and dye motifs.
Spiral pattern of tie and dye

Mandala pattern of tie-dye
Peace pattern of tie and dye

Well different countries developed different styles of tie and dye.
  • China- ZhaRam
  • Japan- Shibori
  • India-Plangi or Bandhana
  • Mudmee- Thailand

Bandhana

Bandhana also called bandhej, bandhani, piliya, is a tie and dye technique in which cloth is tied or is binded to give differet texture and motif. The tying process is done by hand to achieve best colours and combination. Bandhana is done mainly in Ahemdabad and Rajasthan.

This technique was carried out by carried out by Khatri community. Mostly natural colours are used like yellow, red, blue, green and black. 

References:

Bandhej (2016) BANDHEJ. Available at: http://www.bandhej.com/about-us (Accessed: 14 January 2017).

Bandhani (2016) in Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandhani (Accessed: 14 January 2017).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-dye

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