China National Silk Museum Hosts Second Biennale of Natural Dyes Themed, Reproducing Color Palette of the Past
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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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