Textile Width 880mm, China
These tie dye are from the Bei minority tribe. It is started with a white piece of cotton cloth, the pattern are marked, area for the pattern are then tied tightly together with threads. When the tying is done, the cloth is first dipped into clear water and then in the dye, it is then hang to let dry and dye again, the dyeing process will take several days to complete. After dyeing, the cloth is soaked in clear water to remove any excess dye, the threads are removed and the cloth washed and the cloth stretch out. The white pattern are the are kept out from the dye from the tightly tied knots. The dark blue is the colour traditionally used for Bei tribe tie dye, we have requested for the additional colour to be made (all colours are traditional vegetable dye used by the Bei minority)
Mountain Folkcraft 