INDIGO DYEING WOODBLOCK IMAGES FROM OLD SOURCES

 There are several times during the process of dyeing indigo that are common to all cultures, dippping, wringing, stretching and airing out the fabric or yarn.  Here are some images that depict these processes.

  

Dyeing with Indigo from a mural by Diego Rivera, 1924, 

              Ministry of Education, Mexico City.

Diego Rivera Mural, Aztec Dye and textile works.

           A hikifuda is a handbill used in the Edo era (1603-1867) to advertise shops and products. A close-up shows a dyer dipping fabric into indigo that has been stretched on shinshi.

 

A close-up of this hikifuda shows craftsmen wringing fabric that has been dyed with indigo.

 

Wood block prints from unknown source.