Summary of Tie-dyeing Process

The tie-dyeing process is divided into two parts: tying and dyeing. It is through the yarn, thread, rope and other tools, the fabric for binding, sewing, binding, embellishment, clip and other forms of combination after dyeing. Its purpose is to prevent the binding part of the fabric from dyeing, so that the binding part maintains the original color, while the unbound part is evenly dyed.

The tie-dyeing process is divided into two parts: tying and dyeing. It is through the yarn, thread, rope and other tools, the fabric for binding, sewing, binding, embellishment, clip and other forms of combination after dyeing. Its purpose is to prevent the binding part of the fabric from dyeing, so that the binding part maintains the original color, while the unbound part is evenly dyed. So as to form uneven depth, rich levels of color halo and wrinkle. The tighter and stronger the fabric is tied, the better the anti-dyeing effect is. It can be dyed with regular patterns of ordinary tie-dyed fabrics; and can be dyed out of the performance of the complex composition of concrete patterns and a variety of gorgeous colors of exquisite crafts, naive and simple, novel and unique. The peaceful and peaceful world formed by tie-dyeing with blue and white as the main tone, that is, the contrast of blue and white to create a simple meaning, and the combination of blue and white often gives people a sense of elegance like "blue and white porcelain", while peace and tolerance are more reflected in the tie-dyeing sky.

Tie-dyeing is generally made of cotton white cloth or cotton-linen blended white cloth. The main dye comes from the indigo solution of natural plants such as blue, isatis root and mugwort growing on Cangshan Mountain, especially isatis root. The Radix Isatidis used to dye cloth was wild in the mountain. It is a perennial herb with small pink flowers. Later, when the amount was large, the family who dyed the cloth planted it on the mountain. The good ones can grow to half a person high. They are harvested in March and April every year. First, they are soaked in water, injected into a large wooden dyeing tank, and mixed with some lime or industrial alkali, which can be used to dye cloth. The production method of tie-dyeing is unique, and the old books vividly describe the process of making tie-dyeing by the ancients: "'plicing' the knots, and then dyeing. That is to dye, the knots are untied, where the knots are all primary colors, the rest are dyed, its colors are colorful." The main steps of tie-dyeing are drawing brush patterns, twisting, soaking, dyeing, cooking, drying, removing stitches, rinsing, grinding cloth, etc. Among them, there are mainly two processes of tie-dyeing and dip-dyeing. The key technology is twisting and dyeing techniques. Dye vats, dye sticks, sun racks, stone mills, etc. are the main tools for tie-dyeing.

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Tie flower, formerly known as tie knot in one's heart, that is, after the cloth is selected, according to the requirements of the pattern pattern, the cloth is folded, folded, rolled, squeezed and other methods are respectively used to make it into a certain shape, and then stitched or wound with needle and thread one by one, to tie it tightly and make the cloth into a string of "knot in one's heart".

In the past, the cloth used for tie-dyeing was completely made of thicker white cotton native cloth woven by hand by Bai ethnic group, but now there are fewer native cloth, mainly made of industrial woven raw white cloth, packaging cloth and other cloth, with strong water absorption and soft texture. First, folk art designers draw various patterns according to folk traditions and the needs of the market, plus their own creations. The printer prints the designed patterns on the raw white cloth with wax paper with holes. Then the women take the cloth, sew it on the patterns by meticulous hand, and send it to the tie-dyeing factory or each dyeing workshop.

dip dyeing

Dip dyeing, the cloth that is about to be tied with "pimples" is soaked in clean water first, then put into a dyeing vat, or soaked in cold dyeing, or heated and boiled and hot dyeing, after a certain period of time, fished out to dry, and then put the cloth into the dyeing vat Dip dyeing. So repeated dipped, each time a deep layer of color, that is, "blue out of you". The stitched part naturally becomes a good-looking pattern because the dye cannot be impregnated, and because people have different skills and different degrees of dye impregnation when sewing, with a certain degree of randomness, the dyed finished products are rarely exactly the same, and their artistic meaning is more.

After dipping to a certain extent, finally remove the excess dye and put it into clear water to remove it. After drying, remove the valerian knot, pick out the "pimple" and iron it flat. The part sewn by the thread is colored at the end, showing a hollow white cloth color, which is "flower". The rest is dark blue, that is, "ground", and a pattern of white flowers on a blue background appears. At this point, A beautiful tie-dyed cloth is done. Between "flower" and "earth", there is often a certain transitional and gradual effect, with many ice cracks, natural and lively, overcoming the inflexibility of pictures and patterns, making the colors more rich and natural.

Tie-dyeing is widely used and often uses local mountains and rivers as creative materials. Its patterns are colorful clouds in Cangshan, waves in Erhai Lake, shadows in towers, myths and legends, ethnic customs, flowers, birds, fish and insects. In the process of dyeing, because the boundary of the pattern is infiltrated by indigo solution, the pattern produces natural halo pattern, green with verdant, dignified and elegant, thin as smoke, light as cicada wings, dreamlike, looming, and unique charm. There is a return to nature.