Easy Tie Dying

As Robert Plant sings the song, it's easy to say that tie and dye is a tradition worldwide. "Tie-n-dye'ing literally dying a fabric after the connecting parts of the canvas so that they do not absorb dye, giving the tissue a striped or mottled look.

Tie-dyeing method used by the hand-weavers of the ancient world, became popular during the Renaissance craft 1960s. The fabric must be colored is tied or knotted at intervals before being placed in the dye, and the knotted areas remain untouched by the dye and create random patterns frequently resulting effect sunburst. Also known as Bandhej, Tie & Dye is one of the most widely accepted and traditional method of textile printing in India too. Most Bandhan produced in India is made in Kutch, Saurastra and other neighboring districts. Perhaps the most important traditional book people Kutchi "Bandhan are very closely associated with deep-rooted social customs. Discovery of dyed cotton fabric dating back to the civilization of the Indus Valley shows that the art of dyeing using penetrating was well known to dyers about 5000 years ago.

Manufacturing Process
Although simple, tie & die is long and tedious process. A single piece of fabric with a design bandhej complicated, takes more than a week to prepare. In this process, each section is carefully dipped in paint and tied again to another color contrast. Usually, women are assigned to the craft of binding while the men prepare the dye.

The material used is folded over a few times, until reduced to a square or rectangular. It is spread on the wooden table and desired designs are marked on a block of wood using 'Gheru "or red oxide mixed with water. Then it is removed from the table given to a person Bandhan crafts, design that allows the thumb and the nail to grow long in order to use them as a pair of pliers to try the section marked in tiny knots. The decorative motifs are indicated by the block size and skillfully tied with thread thus retaining the original color of the material in this part. Then it is dyed a light color. The area that needs the color of light is always zero and later dyed in red or another dark color required. Thus, different colors are introduced in the necessary materials. After the process of tying and dyeing, the fabric is washed with fresh water to remove impurities from color. Then, removing the nodes of color, the coupling process is done. Both ends of the fabric material is captured by two people. It is a bit hung in the open air or sunlight, so that the nodes are automatically deleted and related parties are free. The colors that are traditionally used in the process is dynamic with yellow, black, red and green are the most predominant. This technique is used on lighter shades of brown, turquoise, blue and pink giving a spectacular effect.