Shibori
I really enjoy color and have moved from using commercial fabrics (although they still are included in some my works at time) and now try to dye the fabrics that I use. One of my techniques is Shibori.
Shibori is often translated “tie-dye”, but this easy label is far too limited.
Shibori is a galaxy of resist techniques, all involving shaping the fabric in different ways then securing or binding it tightly so that dye does not affect the cloth where it is secured.
The variety of techniques is truly astounding, verity from his familiar tie-dye to a wide range of stitched- and- bound techniques to winding and binding cloth to cores of different materials and sizes to folding and clamping between boards and the exotic and wonderful tube-stuffing visits.
The serendipitous accidental effects that happen with Shibori are part of the techniques’ charm and are particularly dramatic with Colton and indigo. |
