| Fiona Wright |
Etsy Link
A little bit of background info and pics relating to some
of the things I will have for sale.
See below for info on Indigo Dyeing in India and
Vietnam
My hand-dyes silks...the verandah back in Australia
and on the up-stairs balcony in the old hotel I now call
home in Pushkar India
A little bit of background info and pics relating to some
of the things I will have for sale.
See below for info on Indigo Dyeing in India and
Vietnam
My hand-dyes silks...the verandah back in Australia
and on the up-stairs balcony in the old hotel I now call
home in Pushkar India
| The shop name is Glitz and Pieces or glitzandpieces if you are searching for it. This is the link to my 'shop' on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6685130 |
Embroidered and Beaded Bits can be used
to Decorate your Elelphant....or your clothes
and other textile ventures.
Amongst the paint Elephant-ji had many of these
embroidered medalions and bitz stuck on his
cheeks
to Decorate your Elelphant....or your clothes
and other textile ventures.
Amongst the paint Elephant-ji had many of these
embroidered medalions and bitz stuck on his
cheeks
| Indigo Dyeing in India Fabric is stretched, a Dhabu or mud print is printed as a resist, [not an easy as it looks to get even results as some of our tour participants found out!] first immersion in the indgo vat, it is carefully, slowly lowered in trying not to trap an air in as that exhausts the vat... taken out and give a few minutes to rest, re folded and lowered in again, a light shade is acheived after 3 or 4 immersions a darker shade with us to 6 or 8 immersions. In India Indigo is often combined with later over prints of iron black and natural red to get a variety of patterns. For more variety sometimes the mud work is done onto an already coloured ground, such as this tourquoise cloth. |
| Indigo Dyeing in Vietnam Samples seen at a road side stall- the backing fabric, almost black is acheived by repeated dips in the Indigo vat. The backing fabric is a ramie made by hand from stripping this plant to make fibre, twined together, woven and then dyed upto 30 times over a month in the Indigo Vat. Below left, Red Tzou embroidery onto the Indigo dyed ramie, Below Right Black H'Mong vest with embroidered collar [ I am lucky enough to be custodian of this piece now] after dyeing the Indigo impregnated cloth is burnished to acheive this wonderful metallic shine. |
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