Dyes Archives - THE KINDCRAFT

THE PROCESS: SLOWSTITCH STUDIO
Traditional Shibori, Remixed

Shibori — one of Japan's oldest indigo dyeing techniques — has seen its cool blue and white palette transformed into a red-hot global trend in recent years. But...

BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE:
MAIWA’S 30 YEAR JOURNEY
In Conversation with Charllotte and Sophena Kwon

An interview with Charllotte and Sophena Kwon on how they've built a family business to support makers around the world....

SHOP: THE INDIGO
COLLECTION

Our collection of handmade indigo products is dyed using natural, plant-based indigo dye. Shop Thai textiles, slow fashion, and indigo-dyed washi paper journals from Japan in The Kindcraft Shop. Each of these products are one-of-a-kind. ...

Organic Prints
In Conversation: Susanne Stern

Will a design process that brings together a natural dye producer, a textile printer, and an apparel maker boost use of organic prints and colors in our supply chain?...

Maker Profile:
Bagru Textiles
Woodblock printing near Jaipur, India

Photos and an in-depth look at Indian Block Prints from Bagru, a village in Rajasthan. See why this traditional design is becoming a global fashion trend....

Maker Profile:
Living Blue
Indigo dyeing and quilting in Bangladesh

Contributor Sharon de Lyster visits Bangladesh and meets Living Blue, a social enterprise that hand-crafts indigo-dyed quilted textiles. ...

SHOP: LIVING BLUE SCARVES

Read our Maker Profile on Living Blue and shop these beautifully hand-crafted scarves. Choose the white-on-white cotton scarf with black tassels, or the quilted shibori raw silk scarf in Indigo Blue or Red Madder. Made by artisans at Living Blue in Bangladesh....

Indigo-Dyed
Washi Paper
Awagami Factory, Tokushima, Japan

In Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, formerly known as Awa, one company is using two heritage crafts to create indigo-dyed washi paper. Contributor Laura Wheatley visited Awagami Factory to document their processes....

Shop: Japanese Journals

Read our article about Japanese indigo-dyed washi paper and buy these notebooks by Awagami papermakers of Tokushima, Japan. Choose from the 'shibori' or 'bokashi' soft journals, or the 'orihon' hardcover accordion books. ...

NATURAL DYES IN FASHION
In Conversation: Ruby Ghuznavi + Fiona Coleman

Can the fashion industry use more natural dyes for apparel? We interviewed a Bangladeshi natural dye expert and a London-based trend forecaster to find out....

Japan’s Indigo Textiles

Explore Japan's ancient indigo textile traditions through a visit to an Edo-era dye house called the Higeta Indigo House in Mashiko, Japan and an exhibition about boro patchwork textiles at the Amuse Museum in Tokyo....

Video:
Our Slow Fashion
Collaboration

Watch The Kindcraft's video about our slow fashion collection made in collaboration with Studio Naenna Textiles in Chiang Mai, Thailand....

Collaboration:
THE KINDCRAFT x
Studio Naenna
Textiles

In our first ever Maker Collaboration, THE KINDCRAFT brings you two small womenswear collections: the Indigo Collection and the Ikat Collection – made with handwoven, naturally dyed Thai textiles from Studio Naenna. Read the story of our collaboration here, and visit THE KINDCRAFT Shop....

Inspiration

In Conversation:
Paola Antonelli
MoMA Curator on Fashion, Technology, and the Value of Craft

Fashion Revolution — Five Years On
An Interview with Orsola de Castro and Suki Dusanj–Lenz

Collect 2018
An International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects

Makers

Transforming Wool Waste into Colorful Carpet
An Interview with Lara Wernert of 13RUGS

The Bolivian Textiles of Andi’Art
A French Designer Thrives At High Altitude

Maker Profile:
Thompson Street Studio

Process

Transforming Wool Waste into Colorful Carpet
An Interview with Lara Wernert of 13RUGS

The Bolivian Textiles of Andi’Art
A French Designer Thrives At High Altitude

Maker Profile:
Thompson Street Studio

Shop

Slow Fashion

Handmade Goods

New Products

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