their blue — chuchuli

Chuchu Li is a multidisciplinary artist/designer who recently graduated from OCAD University. Her creative endeavours encompass a diverse range of mediums, including digital arts, textile art, painting, photography, and installation art./

tHEiR BLUE
她们的蓝

Category: Book Design, Textile Art, Pattern Design, Miao Batik
OCAD University Master of Design Thesis
Exhibition Date: Mar 15-19, 2024

tHEiR BLUE is a series of works that explores the culture and history of Miao Batik(苗族蜡染), one of the Intangible Cultural Heritages (ICH) of China, along with herstories of its inheritors—the Miao women. The Miao are one of the 55 recognized ethnic minorities in China. For more than two millennia of Miao Batik's existence, it has been a skill passed down through generations of Miao women. They used wax to draw on cloth as dye-resistant and dyed the cloth with indigo, later boiling the wax off to attain meaningful patterns on blue cloth. Through this art form, they've depicted the cultural and historical journey of the Miao people, captured their reflection on life, and conveyed hopeful wishes for future generations.

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tHEiR BLUE, Artist’s Book, Mixed Media, 2024

Miao Batik Learning Trip, April 2023.

Sheng生，Pattern Design, Miao Batik, 2023.

Untitled, Traditional Miao Batik, 2023

The Light光，Miao Batik Lantern, 2023

The Sun, Traditional Miao Batik, 2023

Wotuo涡妥,Miao Batik Shirt, 2023

Miao Batik Tools

Indigo Paste & Chemical Indigo Dye E

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