J2: The Art of Tie Dye

The Art of Tie Dye (Journal 2/Post 5)



Above is an image of some of my personal tie dye collection.

Tie dye first became popular in our area in the early 1970's. It is art you can wear proudly by either purchasing pre made pieces or by creating your own tie dye piece. You can use many pieces of clothing such as cotton shirts on socks. There are many different ways to create different patterns on your tie dye piece the different items that you can use to help you hold the dye from reaching a specific part of the clothing that you want to stay the original color, these items include rubber bands or string. You use this items by attaching them to the clothing in many different ways (use your creativity). If you are really creative you can dye the shirt by hand without any items to hold the dye from specific parts of the shirts.