• The cover of the book "Shibori - The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing" by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice, and Jane Barton features exquisite textile art from Penguin Random House. It showcases blue fabric with white patterns on the left and red fabric with white patterns on the right.
  • Book cover of "Shibori - The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing" by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice, and Jane Barton, published by Penguin Random House. The cover features a blue section adorned with white dots alongside a red section displaying intricate patterns that highlight shibori techniques. Text includes "Tradition Techniques Innovation.
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Author/Designer Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice, and Jane Barton

Shibori - The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

Shibori - The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

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Designs created with shibori processes all share a softness of outline and spontaneity of effect. Spontaneity is shiboris special magic, made possible by exploiting the beauty of the fortuitous things that happen when dye enters shaped cloth.

Usually it is in response to the fact that a craft is being lost that the need for preserving and documenting it arises. The motivation behind this book is no exception, but the authors have gone far beyond simple documentation. Extensive research and experimentation have led to the revival here of shibori techniques that were once well known but have now been largely forgotten in Japan. In addition to more conventional techniques, the work of contemporary fiber artists in Japan and abroad in shibori textile art and wearable art is presented, to suggest the extent of the creative innovation possible.

The 104 color and 298 black-and-white plates include a photographic Gallery of Shibori Examples, based on Japans largest collection of traditional shibori fabrics. Included also are a detailed guide to basic natural dyes used in Japan, the making and care of an indigo vat, and a list of suppliers in North America, as well as a glossary and bibliography. Now available in paperback, this full documentation of one of the worlds most inventive and exciting dyeing techniques continues as a classic in the textile field.

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