Monday, March 20, 2006

WOODBLOCK OF INDIGO DYEING



Indigo dyer, called a kon-ya in Japan, from a woodblock print in the book Shinagata komon-cho, by Hokusai Katsushika, 1824. The fabric is stretched on shinshi ready to be dipped into the indigo




This type of shinshi is used in Japan for indigo dyeing. The little hooks on either end allow the fabric to hang from the shinshi while immersing into the dyepot





MURAL OF INDIGO DYEING




Dyeing with Indigo from a mural
by Diego Rivera, 1924, Ministry
of Education, Mexico City.








INDIGO DYEING


Indigo dyeing at Kawasaki Kogei kan, Kawasaki, Japan