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Tag Archives: kusakizome
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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Textile of the Week: Imitation Bingata (手挿調琉球紅型) 201107
I prefer to think of the sample for this week as being an imitation bingata (紅型) silk rather than a fake, largely because of the quality. While it is not real bingata, and would not have the same sales value … Continue reading
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