Arashi shibori techniques

Today I'll provide the back story on the three pieces dyed by pole-wrapping--the tesuji, arashi, and bomaki fabrics--that appeared in this ...

Today I'll provide the back story on the three pieces dyed by pole-wrapping--the tesuji, arashi, and bomaki fabrics--that appeared in this week's WIP Wednesday entry. I didn't take step-by-step photos, so you'll have to go elsewhere for more extensive descriptions of the process. Lucia Lapone has written a good how-to on tesuji, although it's in Italian: "Tecniche: Tesuji Shibori." Dharma Trading Company has instructions for arashi dyeing a necktie and a T-shirt. ArtThreads also offers a…

DIY Arashi Shibori: Also known as pole-wrapping shibori, arashi (Japanese for "storm") shibori is a japanese dye technique that results in diagonal stripes that are reminiscent of storm driven rain. I am going to demonstrate a very basic pattern with only two folds, h…

How to Shibori dye fabric using indigo dye and the pole wrapping technique

DIY Arashi Shibori: Also known as pole-wrapping shibori, arashi (Japanese for "storm") shibori is a japanese dye technique that results in diagonal stripes that are reminiscent of storm driven rain. I am going to demonstrate a very basic pattern with only two folds, h…

In Japan, Arashi (pronounced AA -Raa-SHiy) means storm. It is also interpreted as wind-driven rain - the type of rain that falls sideways when there is a

Silk Scarf by Pat Spark with Arashi Shibori resist. Walnut hull dyebath. I have been doing some arashi shibori (pole wrapped/ tie resist) with both eco dyes and synthetic acid dyes on silk scarves recently. I haven't photographed the process, but I thought maybe this article that I wrote about 10 years ago might be helpful in explaining the process. In this case, I was doing arashi shibori on wool felt. More Experiments with Shibori Pat Spark, Oregon, © 1995 ........... the inspiration to…

Spent the last couple of days just letting my imagination run and tried out some various stuff I just made up. Not to say it hasn’t been done before (what hasn’t these days?), but thing…