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 This page shows work from the 2002-2003 class. |
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Shibori is the traditional Japanese method of "shaped resist dyeing." I just took a class at Arrowmont from internationally known fiber artist, Ana Lisa Hedstrom. What a great vacation that was! I learned way too much to cover with children in a short time, but we did several variations to get a feel for the technique of wrapping fabric around a pipe, placing string at regular intervals, then pushing up the fabric in tight folds, which resist the dye to create patterns. Also, we placed on the pipe a piece of meduium-weight fabric stitched into a diagonal tube and pushed the fabric up into tight folds without strings. Next, we tried our hands at hand-stitched dye resist, making several traditional Japanese patterns. |
We covered mats with shibori fabric. These will fit a 6" x 8" frame.
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| In the pictures below, Lea is transferring the dyed shibori to a rinse bucket. Silk noil was sewn into a tube and placed on the poles, then pushed up as tightly as possible before dying. Alex showss his finished sample. |
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This recreation of Picasso's "Three Musicians Wearing Masks" was made from pieces of pole-wrapped shibori fabric from this class. |
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