LATEST NEWS
8th ISS 2011-2012 in HONG KONG with the Institute of Textiles & Clothing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Check out the beta site: 8iss.wordpress.com
San Francisco’s De Young Museum opens “To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color” (now thru Jan9 2011)
Check out Testimonials from SFS Arimatsu ’10
View SFS Arimatsu’s PHOTO DIARY on Flickr
SFS 2011 Tours taking shape: Arimatsu (June)
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What is SHIBORI?
Shibori is a collective term for Japanese resist-dye textile techniques: tie-dye, stitch-dye, fold-dye, pole wrap-dye, etc. The most common English translation is “tie-dye” but we prefer the more accurate term: “shaped resist dyeing.”
Katano Motohiko (ph: Takumi Fujimoto)
What is ‘shaped-resist dyeing’? This describes what naturally happens in the patterning process: manipulation of cloth from a 2-Dimensional surface into a 3-D shape while compressed in dye.
Who are we?
WORLD SHIBORI NETWORK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating these centuries old, resist-dye traditions and similar techniques across the globe.
WSN celebrates textile traditions and other creative practices that share a like-minded mission: to promote knowledge and to foster culturally enriched environments. WSN is proud to be a leading example of the Slow Fiber Studio ™ movement.
left: shibori master Motohiko Katano (learn more about him here)
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