This work provides a complete course in an increasingly popular medium. Originating in Russia and migrating to America in the 1960s, the gutta resist method gave artists a new way to draw and paint on fabric using brilliant colour and without destroying the natural drape of the cloth (resists used prior to the gutta method stiffened the fabric). ...
A reference source to the dyeing technique of shibori. The book is illustrated throughout and presents a complete survey of the craft, from its origins, over 1000 years ago to the latest 20th-century innovations.
Shibori is the Japanese art of what is popularly known as tie-dye. But this ancient resist-dyeing technique goes far beyond the simple craft that is typically used to embellish t-shirts. In "Shibori: Creating Colour and Texture On Silk", artist Karren K. Brito demonstrates the modern American rendition of shibori, or prismatic shibori, in which ...
The expressions of nature in textile motifs and patterns are, in fact, fundamental to the Japanese concept of design. The 250 distinct textile patterns included in each volume presents the characteristics and progressive development of Japanese design.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Museum of New Mexico
Date Published: 1962
Description: Small stapled exhibition catalogue that accompanied a show on dyed textiles at the Museum of International Folk Art, April-August Illustrated. Unpaginated. Includes a short bibliography. read more
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