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Tag Archives: natural dyes
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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Tagged くさき, くさきぞめ, そめもの, びんがた, bingata .collect, 紅型, 絵模様, DVD, 草木, 草木染め, fabric, Felicitations, fish, fusenori, Japan, Japanese, John Marshall, katazome, kimono, kusaki, kusakizome, mochiko, mulberry paper, natural dye, natural dyes, nuka, Oboro, oborobingata, paste, paste resist, pigment, plant dye, plant dyes, silk, stencil, textile, traditional Japanese, 型染め, 天然染料, 小紋, 小紋糠, 朧, 朧紅型, 染め物, 沖繩, 渋紙, 伏糊
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Traditional Techniques: 絡み織り Karamiori
Karamiori (絡織り•搦み織り) Karamiori (絡織り•搦み織り), the tangling of threads to create nets and gauze-like fabrics, is a very old and highly respected form of textile production. Believed to have first been introduced to Japan from the mainland during the Nara Period … Continue reading
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Tagged Andean Ra, Andes, bruise, 紗, 絡み, 絹, 羅, 羅織り, double weave, 金襴, 高級二重本紗, 路, John Marshall, karami, karamiori, kinran, moiré, natural dyes, ra, ra ori, sha, silk, wave, 奈良時代, 搦み織り
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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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