Katano Shibori is a dying workshop that I participated in with Ana Lisa Hedstrom. She introduced me to Acid dyes and machine stitched shibori. This is the result of the 2 day workshop. For the material list Analisa gave us different types of Silks to experiment on. The border fabric comes from the raw silk, which had a rougher texture to it.
I was fortunate to have silk samples that my friend Winnie brought me from her trip to Hong Kong. It was the perfect size for this workshop. Most of the silks were in pale yellows and pinks. I had to prepare the silks by removing the labels and gum and lightly washing and drying them.
The samples were folded in six and then machine stitched. This was a pink silk that was put into a red dyebath.
After Saturdays workshop, I went home and read the book SHIBORI by Yoshiko Wada. There were a lot of inspirational photos. I did my homework and traced some of the patterns onto the silk. This was a light yellow that was put into a blue dyebath.
This was a pale green silk that was dyed in the green dyebath.
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