What is tie-dye,

Overview zā rǎn tie dye (tie dye)

[bandhnu] A dyeing method in which fabrics are partially tied up in dyeing so that they cannot be colored

A printing method in which fabrics or pieces of clothing are tied up with threads or ropes in a variety of ways according to the effect of the designed pattern and put into a dyeing solution, and a natural and special pattern is formed in the tying place because the dye cannot penetrate. The dye can not penetrate into the tied place to form a natural special pattern of a printing method.

It is also possible to tie-dye the molded garment directly.

There are two types of tie-dyeing: string tie-dyeing and pinch tie-dyeing.

The former pattern is like dewdrops, quiet and elegant, while the latter pattern has a strong color contrast, lively and fresh.

Generally, it can be used to make loose clothing, scarves and so on.

Mostly use silk fabrics.

Tie-dyeing, also known as stranded val, is an ancient dyeing process using knotting, but also one of China's traditional hand-dyeing technology.

According to historical records, as early as in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, tie-dyeing stranded valerian silk has been a large number of production, when the stranded valerian products, there is a simple small cluster of patterns, such as butterflies, plums, begonias, and so on; there is also a whole pattern pattern, such as white dots of the "roe valerian," the dots are slightly larger "onyx valerian," purple and white flowers.

In the North and South Dynasties, tie-dye products were widely used for women's clothing, in the "After the Book of Searching for God" there are "Purple Val 襦" (i.e., blouse), "green skirt" records, and "Purple Val 襦" (i.e., blouse), "green skirt" records, and "Purple Val 襦" (i.e., blouse), "green skirt" records. The "purple val jacket" refers to the blouse with the "deer tire val" pattern.

The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of ancient culture in China, and the textile of twisted valerian was very popular and more common, and we can see in the Tang poems that the popular dress of women at that time was to wear the "blue valerian", with the "flat head with small flowers and grasses".

In the court is widely popular in the beautifully patterned twisted valerian silk, "blue valerian dress" has become the basic style of the Tang Dynasty fashion.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the products were widely popular in the Central Plains and the northern region.

Tie-dyeing is an ancient textile dyeing process in China, and Dali called it pimple flower cloth and pimple flower.

The process is to fold and tie the fabric, or sew and twist the bundle, and then dip it into the color paste for dyeing, dyeing is with the blue root and other natural plants, so there is no harm to the human skin.

Tie-dye is a combination of various tying techniques and multiple dyeing techniques, resulting in a variety of patterns and patterns with amazing artistic appeal. Tie-dye has a history of about 1500 years in China.

The earliest existing objects are twisted val printing silk from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, tie-dyeing reached its peak, and it became fashionable for the aristocracy to wear tie-dye clothing.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the complexity of tie-dye production, consuming a lot of labor, the court once expressly prohibited, which led to the decline of tie-dye technology, and even disappeared.

But the ethnic minorities in the southwest still retain this ancient skill.

In addition to China, tie-dye crafts are also practiced in India, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries.

In the 1970s, tie-dye became a popular handicraft, widely used in clothing, ties, wall hangings and so on.

Using the process of multiple tie-dyeing and multiple dyeing on the same fabric, the traditional tie-dyeing process can be developed from monochrome to multi-color effects.