Indigo Dyeing. 說說藍染

Hi all. Its Mintgumchewer again.
I have recently got involved in a film making project. That I helped them to make one dress for the leading actress. It was an indigo one piece. I LOVE indigo dyed fabric very much. I used to dye fabric myself when I was in the high school. And in later time, I did quite a lot research in sustainable dyeing methods for my dissertation in university, indigo dyeing is one of those.

Indigo dyeing has its significant influence in the history of fabric dyeing. It utilises the plant leaves in extracting the dye material. Fabrics turned into art boards with beautiful print patterns when indigo meets shibori or wax resist dye. And you will find that the print pattern / symbols you see on the fabric mean a lot to the native. That they repay the mother of nature for the gifts it brought to them. It moves me always.

For the reason why I chose writing about sustainable dyeing methods for my dissertation is that I found that commercial dyeing poses great danger to the environment, also to the workers. Therefore I would like to know if there is another way to work it out without compromising so much. Maybe I can share more about my research to you guys in the later time.

When I was in Shanghai a few years ago, I bumped into a workshop in near People's Square. I saw many indigo dyed products, from coin wallets to garments. Sadly, they seem didn't really produce anything there. You will not see them dyeing fabric there. But it still a good place to go if you have time walking around Shanghai.

(But I still brought quite a lot stuffs from them lol)

See you guys around!

早安！又是Mintgumchewer了！
最近幫忙短片拍攝的工作，做了一條藍染裙子，很久沒有親手染布，馬上鉤起很多回憶。我超喜歡藍染布，中學時候就有自己染布/畫布做手作。（以前有作過一個繪布錢包送人，不知道她還有沒有在用，哈哈）後來讀大學時，我的畢業論文也是圍繞可持續染布方法，故此也作了不少研究，藍染是其中一種。