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HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

China National Silk Museum recently organized the second Biennale of Natural

Dyes (BoND) held from October 22 to 26 in Hangzhou, featuring exhibitions,

symposiums and workshops.

The event themed, Reproducing Color Palette of the Past, attracted around 100

participants covering a broad spectrum. On the morning of October 22, audiences

visited a contemporary BoND art exhibition which showcases 80 pieces of artwork

mostly made from natural dyes, in Fashion Gallery of China National Silk

Museum. This exhibition highlights the mixture of tradition and innovation- all

artworks were produced based on traditional dyeing and printing techniques by

artists and artisans, while the artistic expression of the objects is full of

modern tastes.

An international symposium with the same theme was held the following day.

Thirteen Chinese speakers gave fascinating presentations on natural dyes from

several perspectives, including history, art, ethnology and industrialization.

Five international speakers from India, UK, Japan, Australia and Nigeria gave

their presentations over video link due to the pandemic. Dr. Zhao Feng, the

Director of China National Silk Museum remarked in closing: "I am highly

impressed by those presentations combining multi-dimensional visions. They made

great use of textile objects in the museum that inspire us to properly utilize

natural dyes in various distinctive fields."

Natural dyeing and printing workshops have increasingly gained attention since

the last BoND. Three workshops, clamp-resist dyeing, block-printing, and

patchwork, were all packed out events during the weekend. All trainees adored

the workshops, particularly a patchwork workshop which successfully combined

needlework with the Qianlong Color Palette (a series of colors reproduced

according to Qing Dynasty archives, has been shown in a historical exhibition

in Textile Conservation Gallery since the last month). A participating film and

television stylist showed off her work – a coin-patterned ornament – and

proudly commented: "Our team joined all three workshops and got quite a lot of

information about ancient colors and motifs that will be extremely helpful for

our designs in costume dramas."

The next BoND will be held in autumn of 2023, which is expected to have even

more domestic and oversea participants participating. The search for a theme

for the event is already in progress.

Source China National Silk Museum

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Reproducing Colors of the Past