Blaudruck in Europa und Japan (German Edition)(Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin)

The traditional craft of blue resist is currently experiencing a renaissance, owing to a renewed interest in hand-made, individual, non-industrial textiles. This book of an exhibition at the Japanese-German centre in Berlin describes many aspects of indigo cultivation and production, chemical syntheses of dye, the psychology of the colour blue, the origin and development of blue resist and the corresponding dyeing techniques, both in Europe and Japan.