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Tengui cloth – squares

This rectangular piece of cloth has been dyed with natural blue indigo dye sourced from an indigo plant from Japan. To make square shapes and lines, the artisan used wooden blocks to stop the oxygenation and release the different nuances of colour.
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Felix Nai
Singapore, Singapore
With a background in apparel design, Felix Nai became fascinated in natural indigo dyeing in 2014. He attended his first dye workshop and from there s ...
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