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John’s Art-Pick of the Week: Fish

This past August I had an especially nice group of people assembled in my studio to learn katazome. As a demonstration piece, I dyed the panel below and surprised myself with how well it turned out! I was asked to … Continue reading

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John’s Art-Pick of the Week: Focus on Layering

This week the Textile of the Week, 201109, focuses on a technique called oborobingata in which layers of paste are employed to create a soft mood. The piece I dyed below, Felicitations, is not the same oboro technique but did … Continue reading

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Textile of the Week: Oborobingata (おぼろ紅型) 201108

Oborobingata! Oboro (朧) means in the mist. What a wonderful name for such an old and treasured process. This example is real bingata. According to the Way of Kimono Unabridged Dictionary of Kimono Terms (装道きもの用語大辞典), oboro(bin)gata is one type of … Continue reading

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Word of the week 朧

朧 Oboro is a fun character in Chinese. Chinese characters used in Japanese are called kanji (漢字). Many kanji are made up of smaller, simple ideas to express larger complex concepts. In this case oboro, meaning misty or vague, is … Continue reading

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