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Resist dyeing is a popular and fashionable art technique. The principle of resist dyeing lies in not allowing dye to colour the fabric evenly, often creating incredible colourful patterns and effects. There is a large number of resist dyeing techniques, most of them having been developed over the course of several millennia. The art has been crafted to perfection in both Asia and Africa. There are many types of resist dyeing: Bound resist, commonly known as tie dye (submerge fabric bound with string into a dye bath; the fabric retains its original colour, usually white, in the places where it was bound, with gradual gradation to the colour of the dye used in the bath); Sprinkle dyeing (sprinkle powdered dye on the wet canvas and set the dye, e.g. with steam); Batiking (created by applying wax to the fabric and subsequently dyeing the fabric, this allows you to achieve more intricate and specific patterns); Stitch resist (using back stitches of varying lengths, embroider lines, waves, ellipses and spirals onto the fabric; stitch a pattern into the fabric, pull the thread tight and use knots to fix in place; in case of straight lines you can also bind the fabric with thread or string at the place where the fabric was gathered; dye the fabric in a bath and fix the dye according to the instructions on the package); Shibori (an ancient Japanese technique for decorating silk, parts of this technique can also be used for cotton. Shibori is derived from the word shiboru, a Japanese word meaning wring, squeeze or gather. Patterns are created by folding, scrunching, stitching and/or twisting and continues with pleating, knotting and binding); Folded and bound dyeing (using pebbles, pasta, shells …); Scrunch dyeing; Clothes peg tie dyeing; Woodblock dyeing; Bleaching … Most resist dyeing techniques can be combined with one another or used together with additional textile decoration techniques.
Resist dyeing is not difficult and dyed fabrics can be a very attractive fashion accessory. In addition, you can use resist dying to ‘revive’ used fabric. These articles describe the absolute basics as well as advanced and professional techniques. Resist dying turns out best on natural fabrics – cotton, linen and silk. In addition to resist dying, we will also devote space to fabric stamping and printing. Decorate fabrics by making stamped imprints on the fabric. You can purchase stamps, but it is better to make your own original stamps; the easiest ones are made of potatoes. You can make a more durable stamp by sticking a shape cut from linoleum, rubber or cork to a small wooden block. Anything with an interesting surface structure also make good stamps – leaves, sliced fruit, lace, cords, shells, hands …
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