Indigo Dyeing: Gradations of Deep and Light from Layered Immersion

A display of indigo-dyed textiles: a table runner, a throw pillow, and a wall hanging. The blue ranges from very light sky blue to deep indigo, almost black, showing varying shades on the same fabric due to different numbers of dye immersions. The patterns are created by resist-dyeing techniques such as tying, clamping, or stitching—concentric circles, regular squares, or irregular lightning-like white lines, with soft, blurred edges rather than sharp printed ones. The fabric is coarsely woven cotton or linen, with visible warp and weft textures and the unevenness of handmade items. They are paired with light-colored wood and white walls, with blue being the only color in the space. Avoid: using uniform blue with a printed texture, making the pattern edges sharp and neat, adding other colors, depicting the fabric as smooth and without weave texture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組藍染的織品陳列:一條桌旗、一個抱枕與一塊掛布。藍色從很淺的水藍到接近墨黑的深靛都有,是同一塊布上因為浸染次數不同而形成的深淺層次。圖案是以綁紮、夾板或縫線防染做出來的——同心圓的暈染、規律的方格、或不規則的閃電狀白線,邊界柔和暈開而不是印刷的銳利。布料是粗織的棉或麻,可以看見經緯的織紋,有手工的不勻。它們搭配淺色的木頭與白牆,藍成為空間中唯一的顏色。避免:使用印刷質感的均勻藍色、讓圖案邊界銳利工整、加入其他顏色、把布料畫成光滑無織紋。