CHINESE BATIK MUSEUM

This small museum is housed in a th century villa at the bottom of an impasse on Changle Lu: the beautiful garden is often filled with blue fabrics. Kubomasa, a Japanese lover of this craft, devoted her life to gathering the oldest, used to print these blue motifs on a woven cloth canvas. This production originates in the mountainous regions of Jiangsu and Jiangxi. Dye-based dye is applied on a canvas previously coated with a wax film in negative. The wax is then removed showing the pattern. Instruments, motifs, ancient woven fabrics, the entire manufacturing process is explained. This ancient tradition has been successful with the Branchés young Shanghaiens. Dyeing has medicinal qualities: Your clothes will protect you!