shibori

I carried the traditional handbag called a kago, which has a basketweave base topped by a drawstring pouch of colorful tie dyed silk, shibori, which is made by tying silk into a myriad of minute knots with thread before it is dyed.

Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002

I carried the traditional handbag called a kago, which has a basketweave base topped by a drawstring pouch of colorful tie dyed silk, shibori, which is made by tying silk into a myriad of minute knots with thread before it is dyed.

Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002

One of the pieces in this set incorporates some shibori techniques that have given me some very good texture effects.

Imaginary Invertebrates Galore! MadeleineS 2009

Knitting felting shibori tentacles invertebrates imaginary comments:

Imaginary Invertebrates Galore! MadeleineS 2009

One of the pieces in this set incorporates some shibori techniques that have given me some very good texture effects.

Archive 2009-06-01 MadeleineS 2009

Knitting felting shibori tentacles invertebrates imaginary

Archive 2009-06-01 MadeleineS 2009

On the right, two shibori pieces - these are the pole ones.

To dye for katelnorth 2008

These two (above) are more shibori - all folded - the far left is clamped, which left some small resist marks, but I think I need to work on that technique a little.

To dye for katelnorth 2008

And I got a bunch of other stuff, too - a package of fat eights of shibori-ed fabric which was a swap from my dyeing group - that's what's pictured above.

Fastenings, Day 2 katelnorth 2008

And the last set - the far left is the pseudo-marble shibori, with the balled up and scrunched one next.

To dye for katelnorth 2008