29 April 2017

We finally had our first Natural Indigo Dyeing with Osem. Talisa and Mutia shared with us the process of getting indigo paste from the plants, to why we should use natural dyes.

Creating patterns on cloth by tie-dying is one of the oldest and most basic of the textile arts. Tie-dying has been used in many islands of the archipelago: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and parts of Kalimantan on a range of textiles, from coarse cottons to fine Chinese Shantung silk.

Participants learned the technique of dyeing, and we get to try it on 2 small clothes before dyeing the final scarf.

Thank you for joining our class! see you!