Tie-Dye and Batik!

Ms. Marlowe 2012 Summer Arts Academy 3 July 2012

Basic Tie-Dyeing Method

Tie-dyeing is a way to hand-dye fabric by gathering the fabric in sections, rubber banding the sections, and then saturating the sections with dye; this general process is commonly done in the US.

Tie-Dye Examples

General US History of Tie-Dye

Tie-dye was a product of the 1960s in the US; in a sense, it was a symbol of a physical manifestation of an adverse cultural ideology.

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Indian Tie-Dyeing orBandhani Work

In India, tie-dyeing, knot dyeing or bandhani work is a process where cloths are tied with wax thread prior to dipping the cloths in a vat of dye; after dyeing, the threads are untied with the protected parts left untouched.

Bandhani Work Example

The History of Bandhani

The earliest bandhani work is from the 1700s; no examples of work pre-date this time period.

Bandhani Work
Bandhani work is a more complicated process of dyeing because it involves intricate methods of folding, tying, and dyeing the cloths. Women workers grow their nails long, so they are better able to handle the cloth.

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What is Batik?
Batik: a method of fabric dyeing that uses wax to resist the dye. Example:
Before we tie-dye our fabric, we will gently pour hot wax onto our fabric. After the wax has dried, we will then dye and/or tie-dye our fabric. After we have let our dyed fabric soak, and we have washed and dried the fabric, we will use our clothing irons to iron away the wax. The fabric , where the wax was, will not be dyed!

Batik Pattern Example

Additional Fabric Embellishment Ideas

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