Back in November 2006, I made a now infamous pronouncement that I was “over” shibori and this was my last piece: Contributing to this disaffection was that, after hours of stitching, dyeing and thread removal, I nicked a hole in the fabric. Bother! I was prompted to revisit stitch resist shibori in the inaugural Twelve […]
Technique:Dyeing
Wide Blue Sea
I need to create a wide blue “sea” for a piece that I’m working on. I decided to go with shibori for a watery effect. One issue when you use a smaller pipe for pole wrap shibori is that less dye penetrates to the inner layers. As I am looking for even colour coverage, I […]
Serendipity Shibori Tutorial #4: Itajime Clamp Resists
My fourth and final tutorial as guest artist at 3 Creative Studios is now up:
Serendipity Shibori Tutorial #3: Pole Wrapping
My third tutorial as guest artist at 3 Creative Studios is now up:
Serendipity Shibori Tutorial #1: Karamatsu – Japanese Larch
My first tutorial as guest artist at 3 Creative Studios is now up: Karamatsu – Japanese Larch. Karamatsu, or Japanese larch, is a radiating circle design created with a stitch resist. Different effects are achieved depending upon the number of circles you stitch; the number of rows of stitching; and how close together the rows […]
3 Creative Studios: March Guest Artist
I once infamously declared that I would never do shibori (or more particularly, stitched shibori) again. I should not have been so emphatic. These days, shibori is an integral part of my creative repertoire and I embrace its inherent serendipitous qualities. So when 3 Creative Studios invited me to be guest artist for March and […]