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Description: | Ikat refers to a particular process by which yarns are died. It descends from the Indonesian word 'menigikat', meaning 'to tie'. Ikat is a traditional craft practiced in Guatemala, Peru, India, Indonesia, Japan and Africa. Yarns are tied before being dipped in dye in order to protect the knotted areas along the length of the yarn from the dye. Tied yarns can also be further protected from the dye with water repellent materials such as bicycle inner tubes cut into strips. Natural movement during the weaving process produces the feathered edges, which define one area of colour from the next. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East craft textiles makers other cultures contemporary craft | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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