CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (FINE ART) JSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK – NINE

TIE-DYE

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK

A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi and other co-authors. Book 2.

TOPIC: TIE-DYE

DEFINITION OF TIE-DYE

Tie-dye is a textile craft which in a plain cotton fabric is tied at various points with raffia and dipped into a dye solution. The tied fabric takes the colour of the dye stuff after completing the dyeing process and when untied has beautiful designs formed on it. In tie-dye, the resist material is raffia and waxed thread, which prevent the dye solution from penetrating certain areas of the firmly tied fabric.

METHODS OF TYING FABRIC

1. Circle tying: Pick the fabric away from the middle point and tie it tightly with raffia at regular intervals. This tying process can be done repeatedly all over the fabric.
2. Clumb tying: Solid materials like pebbles, bottle tops and pieces of wood cut into different.... View More