Bluehanded participated online at Denim Days Festival 2020 again this year. Was great to join other participants of the event on line and look forward to next year when we can all be together again. The festival is in conjunction … Continued
Bluehanded Vintage Indigo Katazome also known as Lan Yin Hua Bu are the inspiration and starting point of Bluehanded’s journey into developing contemporary natural indigo dyed fabrics using traditional resist paste techniques handed down by generations of indigo masters. Increasingly … Continued
Face masks are becoming a required accessory. For those who love denim, jeans and indigo, Jugu is making face masks using Bluehanded’s natural indigo cotton. The masks are doubled layered with indigo on both sides. There is a gap so … Continued
Can you spot Bluehanded’s vintage indigo in the video clip?
Telescope Style now featuring Bluehanded indigo accessories. Telescope Style is a new online platform of curated edit of unexpected, smart & elegant home wares & lifestyle finds fuses globally style with modern living. In celebration of Chinese New Year this … Continued
Bluehanded Textile Society talk on Lan Yin Hua Bu BLUEHANDED’s ancient cultural heritage of hand-printed fabrics have a rich history and exciting contemporary future. Artisanal traditions of naturally dyed indigo ‘Lan Yin Hua Bu’ textiles are used for interior decor … Continued
artisanal natural indigo fabric processThe artisanal production process of BLUEHANDED’s indigo dyes fabric mainly includes following steps: Making master template. Draw or print the required pattern on craft paper, cut out the part of the design that will not be … Continued
Lan Yinhua Bu Fabric, a traditional hand dyed fabric using scrape-paste and resist printing technology, was original from Tang and Song dynasty (year 618 – 1279), and was extensively used in the Ming and Qing dynasty (1368 – 1912). It … Continued
The history of Lan Yin hua bu fabric, is long enough to be traced back to Song dynasty (year 960–1279) when it was known as “Yaoban fabric” or “Medicine speckles” (traditional medicine is normally herbal liquid, and the colour from … Continued
Resist printing is the common man’s decorative fabric of traditional Asian textiles, which begins in Han and Jin dynasties and comes to maturity in Tang dynasty, 1,300 years ago. In Han and Jin dynasties, people had developed the principles of … Continued