#blue calico

[daintyus]

Blue Calico Teacup and Felicity tray.

[stealthpengu]

Everytime we get a huge pack of toilet paper, miss tp thief gets all excited since its "hers".

Throw back to almost a year ago when we found her stash;

Tiny Thief™ 

[orientallyyours]

74-year-old Wang Zhenxing 王振兴 showcases examples of Nantong blue calico produced in his workshop

Source: 南通日报

[orientallyyours]

College students from the Beijing Institute of Technology learn the handicraft of making blue calico at the Blue Calico Museum in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, on July 15, 2015. Image 2: Wu Lingshu (3rd left) teaches the students how to engrave designs on board.

Source: Chinese Time School

[orientallyyours]

Chinese flower-printed blue cloth in a drying yard.

The Zhejiang watertown of Wuzhen 烏鎮 is famous for its indigo print cloth, or calico known as 蓝印花布, a traditional printed-dyed handicraft dating back 1000 years. 

via:  旅行帮, Shanghai Daily

[cbarneswrites]

WSJ’s Off Duty 50

[roosinchina]

Blue calico museum

[cultureincart]

Chinese ink paintings - Blue Calico & water town

http://www.cultureincart.com/craft/nantong-blue-calico

Nantong blue calico is a traditional folk printed-dyed handicraft in China. During the Song dynasty, blue calico was called “Yaoban Cloth”, and during the Ming dynasty, it was called “Jiaohua Cloth”. The process was said to be invented by a local people surnamed Gui in Jiading.

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