Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

Potential for creating designs in textiles can be seen even in the physical properties of cloth. Spontaneity is shibori's special magic, made possible by exploiting the beauty of the fortuitous things that happen when dye enters shaped cloth.Usually it is in response to the fact that a craft is being lost that the need for preserving and documenting it arises. Now available in paperback, this full documentation of one of the world's most inventive and exciting dyeing techniques continues as a classic in t

Shibori fills a gap in the literature of textiles."—Tec Hallman, Professor of Textiles, Ontario College of Art and Design . "This excellent book on all aspects of Japanese tie-dye has been so influential worldwide that ‘shibori’ has actually become the term for this field."—Jack Lenor Larsen"This beautiful book is a classic within the field of textile literature. It is wonderful that it will now be available as a paperback."—Gillian Moss, Curatorial Chair, Curator of Textiles Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum"This is the invaluable book that has launched a thousand contemporary shibori artists. The information it contains—with clearly written text and wonderful illustrations—has been so useful to artists, students and scholars since it was first published in 1983. Among all the texts in the field of surface design, th

She passed away in 2011 at the age of 100. Wada is the President of the World Shibori Network and founder of the Slow Fiber Studio in California. An artist, author, exhibition curator, textile researcher, and film producer, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada has long been a proponent of traditional and sustainable practices in fashion and textile production. Mary Kellogg was a leading figure in the textile and crafts community. S

SthrnTami said Beautiful, interesting, and inspirational!. I feel so fortunate that I made the decision to drop $50 on a used book. I'm a bit obsessive about researching, and once I started investigating Shibori techniques, this book was mentioned over and over as *the* Shibori manual to have (in English, anyway). I debated about buying the softcover book new, but decided that even if my Shibori craft doesn't take off as I hope, that this book in hardback would be a coffee-table book to cherish. And it is. The photographs are beautiful. The instructions and diagrams are complete and easy to understand. I have many hours of inspiration to guide me in this awesome craft,. Elisa said Beautiful and informative. This book struck me as being on the price-y side, so I had put off getting it, even though I tend to buy textile books rather indiscriminately. Besides, even though I've been known to teach tie-dyeing, my own focus is loom-controlled shibori, which is not a traditional shibori technique, and is not covered by this book. However, when I finally saw this book in real life, I knew I had to have it, and even the full retail price seemed like a bargain. It is rare to find a book that thoroughly covers equipment and techniques (there's even instructions for an indigo vat in the appendix), and also is unabashed eye ca. A.A.Norman Ph.D. said Great information for dyers. Very informative. Great addition to my textile art library.