#resist dye

[bloodmoonemoji]

I took a silk painting class today and made resist dye snails!!

[tetrachromate]

just needs hemming now

[earhartsease]

it's fortunately funny that we're finally embracing the reality of our sporadic DID amnesia, because it means we can laugh when tumblr silently points out to us that we posted the same thing three years in a row

anyway fuck it, here's a resist dye cloth we made using the Yoruba technique of instant mash in a squeezy bottle - for the fourth time

[kyotokimono]

Ryukyu Bingata

“Ryukyu Bingata is a resist-dyed textile which signified Okinawa, lasting for almost 400 years. The technique of resist-dye has reached Okinawa from China and Southeast Asia in the 14C to 15C, through the active international trades of Ryukyu Kingdom era. The technique developed within Okinawa, and the art of Bingata resist-dye, using stencil papers and bright color pigments, was established as Okinawa’s original. During the Ryukyu Kingdom era, only those of the royal family or aristocratic class were allowed to wear Bingata, so after the kingdom’s fall, the technique gradually declined, and was severely affected by World War II. After the war, it was revived, and its beauty and technique is now protected and passed down as Okinawa’s identity.”

[earhartsease]

a friend just sent me this pic of a cloth I gave them back in the 80s when we were going out that they still have - it's a resist dye experiment I made at a Yoruban dyeing workshop where they used instant mashed potato in a squeeze bottle for the resist medium (we also got to play with indigo but I don't have any examples left) - the mash dries to a shiny plastic that resists dye but bows before laundry soap

[earhartsease]

I made this in the 80s using a Yoruba dye-resist technique that involves instant mash in a squirt bottle - I gave it to my girlfriend at the time, and she just sent me this photo of it still going strong. Why yes, I am autistic.

[bruttanina]

Africa | Robe ~ riga ~ from the Yoruba people of Nigeria | 20th century

[fernpellerin]

Not the best pictures, but it gets the point across! This is my final for a fictional otter client. The otter wanted a forest floor bedding, so I made this using cotton, promx dye and potato dextrin! 🌱🍂🌿