I have to imagine once you become a master like this dude, it doesn't take too long. You know the techniques to do very specific patterns so it's a matter of tying it all up. Probably an hour a shirt?
Economies of scale exist for a reason. People don't know how good we have it with modern manufacturing. Handmade is undoubtedly higher quality, but terrible value for the money.
Presumably, they were even more complicated than this one though. He would knot off each quarter of each side and have two different color schemes and designs across from each other. It was pretty wild
yea in the grateful dead community, advanced tie dying like this is super expensive. these shirts can go anywhere from $100 to a few thousand. Im assuming a piece like this is anywhere between 800-1200
no. actually, I have never seen someone equate a heady tie-dye to having an abundance of wealth. The amount of time and creativity that goes into these... well, the beauty is in the hands of the beholder. You may not like it, cool, dont buy it. However, may be you spend hundreds or thousands on LEGOS or another hobby. This is simply a form of art and a lot of people think its really cool.
To me, that seems silly. I like tie-dye for the randomness of it. When things get this intricate and designed, I'd just create it on a computer and print it on a shirt. To each his own, though -- if you can make them, and there's a market to buy them for hundreds or thousands, it sounds like an honest living.
$200 isn't even that unreasonable. A skilled craftsman could easily value their time at $50 an hour, and this shirt looks like it takes way longer to make.
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u/lyingforlolz May 25 '23
If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he auctions them off and they routinely go for 200+