INDIGO DYING

Experimenting with traditional dying techniques has become an explorative element within this project. Using indigo dye, a natural substance subtracted from plants, was a mean for me to develop my theme of tribal body art and African techniques. I have been working predominantly with a circular motif when tie dying. These fabrics, although successful as small sample pieces, have been difficult to manipulate on Photoshop and the designs created from them have been unsuccessful. However, I feel there is greater potential in this element of my project and I intend to develop the idea of traditional dying techniques further in unit X on a larger scale so the fabrics themselves become design croquets.