Saturday, September 18, 2004
Hmong Design - batik
These are sections of batik, a process where material is painted with wax and then dyed in indigo. The wax is removed, leaving the white background of the original cloth visible through the dye. I bought these in Jinping county, Yunnan. They are strips about 22 cm wide. I bought several metres from several different rolls. You should be getting familiar with Hmong design elements by now. I link here to a photograph I took in Wenshan county, Yunnan, at the "flower trampling festival." The skirts making their debut here are made in part with this sort of batik.
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