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Katazome includes several Japanese dyeing techniques that use stencils to create repeated patterns. |
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Katazome (stencil dyeing)
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Katagami (stencils) may be washed and reused many times. They are hand cut from kozo hand-made paper that has been stiffened with shibugaki (persimmon juice). Open motifs are held together with fine silk thread. Large open areas are reinforced with fine silk threads. |
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Preshrunk silk is stretched over a wooden board, then a stencil is placed on the material and a resist paste (rice flour, bran, and blue pigment) is spread over the stencil with a spatula. This is done twice. The blue color makes it easy to see the stenciled motif. |
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Silk is stretched lengthwise with harite clamps that are tied to posts, and the width is held taut with shinshi that arch over the fabric (pins at each end of the shinsi pierce the selvedge of the cloth and keep them in place). Soybean sizing is brushed onto the silk, then a variety of colorful dyes are painted onto the resist-free areas. |
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Colorful dyes are hand painted onto the stenciled, stretched silk. |
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| A rice dye-resist is squeezed out of a tube over the color designs to protect them, sawdust is spread over the paste, then the background dye is brushed over the surface. | The dyed fabric is steamed, then the resist paste and excess dye is washed out of the cloth in running water. It was traditionally washed in streams. After the cloth has dried, it is steamed again. | ||
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These pictures were taken at Kuriyama Koubou, which
specializes in dying kimono lengths in the Okinawa style. To arrange for a
tour (400 yen) or a dying workshop (1000 yen; needs to be reserved 3 days in
advance), please contact them at: 23 Takahana-cho |
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LINKS:
Japanese Traditional
Crafts: Textiles,
Dyeing, and Weaving
Shibori in Kyoto, Japan
Washi (handmade paper) in Kurotani, Japan
Batik of Java and Bali, Indonesia
Ikat Weaving in Bali
Margarita Orozco, Papermaker in Mexico
Los Leņateros
Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts Studio in Mexico
Printing
in China
Ikat Shawls of Uriangato and Moroleon, Mexico
Backstrap
Woven Shawls of Esperanza Valencia Morra of Morelia
Backstrap Weaving School at
Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico
Backstrap Weaving in Jacaltenango, Guatemala
Gobelin
Tapestry Weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
Toba Sashes of Argentina with Pickup Motif
Cane baskets
Haida cedar bark hat maker, Gladys Vandal
Tapestry Crochet
Los Leņateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and
Book Arts Studio
Carol Ventura's
Home Page
Recommended Book:
Textile Art of Japan
Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura.
