This is a combination project where we will printed and Arashi the felt, using resists to protect the print area as we place the bundle in a dye bath rather than steaming it. Our wonderful natives will print easily at a lower temperature than other plant material so we can combine Shibori with printing. Materials […]
How does it print? The use of steam to raise the temperature to 100 degrees Celsius creates a chemical change in the substance that holds the colour within the plant material. In other words it changes the leaf juice! So we need a method of steaming. There is a session about Steaming methods and equipment […]
As we know all of these Shibori techniques are about resisting the dye. In Arashi there is the opportunity to add a surface resist to the mix. In this example we have used scraps of the closed cell polyethylene foam that we use for resists in felting. Materials Used & Preparation Pressure Points Fulled nuno […]
One very simple way to add more pattern and texture to your Arashi piece is to wrap and tie it multiple times using different diameter poles and rope, and changing where you fold the felt. The larger the diameter of the pole the more surface area that contacts directly with the dye. And conversely the […]
Arashi style is tying your fabric onto a pole blurb here
The Shibori master Yoshizo Aoki achieved a myriad of horizontal, vertical and diagonal stripes by altering the direction that the fabric is wound. Combined with some lateral folding – as opposed to the horizontal folding in Diameters & Folds – you can create some incredible patterns on felt. In this example we have used some […]
The folding and clamping of cloth date back to the Nara period but vanishes from Japanese textiles until the 19th Century. This technique is also different from most Shibori as the itajime cloth is only dipped in the dye baths not soaked for prolonged periods. This is because clamping isn’t quite as resistant as binding […]
The wider the fold created the more like stripes the pattern will become. Materials Used & Preparation Fulled nuno felt silk mesh and fine white merino wool Finished size of felt approx 90cm x 15cm Finished weight 25gms Dye bath String, small rope or heavily waxed thread – the red in the images below Needle […]
This is the only time that a running stitch isn’t used. The patterns are created by bringing the thread over in a circular motion. On cloth it creates a clear and defined chevron pattern but on felt it creates a lovely soft line of marks. If you fold the felt and over stitch more than […]
