{"id":1191,"date":"2017-05-29T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2020-11-16T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T18:53:48","slug":"discovering-indigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/29\/discovering-indigo\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Indigo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1192\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 800px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-09.08.58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-09.08.58-e1496055947709.png\" alt=\"john abbate discovery vintage indigo textile discovery cultural heritage blue and white fabric demolished Hutongs China\" width=\"800\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-09.08.58-e1496055947709.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-09.08.58-e1496055947709-500x167.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">John Abbate discovering vintage indigo textiles in demolished Hutongs of China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1194\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 193px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5142-e1496055874813.jpg\" alt=\"vintage indigo textile discovery cultural heritage urban archeology Bluehanded discovers vintage indigo textile\" width=\"193\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The vintage indigo dyed cloth sack discovered in the ruins of the Hutongs of China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bluehanded discovers vintage indigo textile<\/p>\n<p>The Hutongs [traditional alley towns] of China are being replaced with modern developments. I lived in China, and would occasionally explore those sites because they were fascinating. Sometimes, I would find intriguing artefacts; a column granite base, an enamel bowl, an art deco chair&#8230; One day I found a beautiful cloth in the rubble of an old house. This is the start of our journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bluehanded discovers vintage indigo textile The Hutongs [traditional alley towns] of China are being replaced with modern developments. I lived in China, and would occasionally explore those sites because they were fascinating. Sometimes, I would find intriguing artefacts; a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehanded.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/29\/discovering-indigo\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[36,169,167,166,214,26,168,213,165,164],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-story","tag-blue-calico","tag-bluehanded","tag-cultural-heritage","tag-discovery","tag-hutongs","tag-indigo","tag-indigo-fabric","tag-john-abbate","tag-textile","tag-vintage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bluehanded discovers vintage indigo textile in vanishing hutongs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bluehanded discovers vintage indigo textile in the ruins of China&#039;s vanishing hutongs. 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