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Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

ISBN-13: 9781568363967

Contributor(s): Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada (author), Mary Kellogg Rice (author)

Subjects: Crafts

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 26-04-2012

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£45.99

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About the book

Potential for creating designs in textiles can be seen even in the physical properties of cloth. The simple fact that cloth tightly compressed into wrinkles or folds resists the penetration of dye is an opportunity-an opportunity to let the pliancy of textiles speak in making designs and patterns. People around the world have recognized this opportunity, producing resist designs in textiles by shaping and then securing cloth in various ways before dyeing. Yet in no other country has the creative potential of this basic principle been understood and applied as it has in

Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

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