Indigo: The Colour that Changed the World - Hardcover

Legrand, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050051660X ISBN 13: 9780500516607

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Gloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colourful volume takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-coloured textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people and fabric. Catherine Legrand, who has spent over twenty years travelling and researching the subject, has a deep knowledge of the ancient techniques, patterns and clothing traditions that characterize ethnic textile design, knowledge that she deploys to great effect in seven chapters exploring the production of Indigo textiles throughout America, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, Japan and Laos/Vietnam, and the men and women behind them. This profusely illustrated photographic survey features more than 500 photographs, faithfully laid out to reproduce Catherines actual travel notebooks, and is completed by specially commissioned drawings that provide close-ups on patterns and clothes.

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Review:

A focus on this infamous dye sends Legrand on a tour of textile practices around the world. With beautiful photography and drawings we get to know traditions like Japanese shibori and Rajasthani block printing. --Crafts

Presents a beautiful synergy between the visual ad cultural ... Hundreds of glorious
photographs and drawings open up a world of pattern and technique, visiting those places where the ancient blue-dye traditions still survive and where indigo is the fabric of everyday life --Embroidery

About the Author:

Catherine Legrand is a co-founder of the Theatre du Soleil, for whom she continues to work as a graphic designer. She is also a fashion designer and creator of the French brand `A la Bonne Renommee'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 050051660X
• ISBN 13: 9780500516607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288