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Curtain in hemp and cotton with tsutsugaki dip-dyed in indigo and brushed sumi ink.Meiji period, Honolulu Museum of Art. Tsutsugaki (筒描) is a Japanese technique of resist dyeing that involves drawing rice-paste designs on cloth, dyeing the cloth, and then washing off the paste.
Indigo dye. The primary use for indigo is as a dye for cotton yarn, mainly used in the production of denim cloth suitable for blue jeans; on average, a pair of blue jeans requires 3 grams (0.11 oz) to 12 grams (0.42 oz) of dye. Smaller quantities are used in the dyeing of wool and silk.
According to Chen Yihang, Feastogether's general manager, the company wants to create an "Eataiwan" where consumers can eat food, purchase ingredients, and take classes at a cooking school. [14] Feastogether plans to spend almost NT$5 billion (US$179,006,158) on developing the project's three construction phases. [ 15 ]
Although almost all dyeing can be done in a vat, the term vat dye is used to describe a chemical class of dyes that are applied to cellulosic fibre (i.e., cotton) using a redox reaction as described below. Because of the use of caustic soda, and the very high pH of the dye bath in the dyeing process, wool cannot be dyed using vat dyestuffs.
Indigo dye production. Pages in category "Indigo dye production" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
This helped ensure that the old European techniques for dyeing and printing with natural dyestuffs were preserved for use by home and craft dyers. Natural dyeing techniques are also preserved by artisans in traditional cultures around the world. [citation needed] Indigo-dyed and discharge-printed textile, William Morris, 1873
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A section of kumo shibori (spider shibori) dyed with indigo, next to kumo shibori that has not been dyed yet. Shibori (しぼり/絞り, from the verb root shiboru – "to wring, squeeze or press" [1]: 7 ) is a Japanese manual tie-dyeing technique, which produces a number of different patterns on fabric.