Traditional Japanese Dyeing Techniques

The other day I came across this entry at the Textile Arts Center blog the other day, http://textileartscenterblog.com/using-the-katazome-dyeing-technique/, which talked briefly about two traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. While the main methods talked about in the blog entry were Katazome and Katagami, Shibori is also mentioned. So I went and looked at some of the links to examples for each method as well as for some books on each of these methods. Some of the examples are gorgeous:

Photo source: http://ise-katagami-ma.blogspot.com/

Photo Source: http://ise-katagami-ma.blogspot.com/

Katagami is a process where stencils are cut and, traditionally, used to print designs on Kimonos. Katazome seems to be the actual process of using stencils to print (http://www.johnmarshall.to/H-WhatIsKatazome.htm). For a very basic overview, wikipedia has an entry on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katazome. There is also an entry on Shibori: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibori.  These are definitely some techniques that I will try to read some more about to see about using them in the future. Below are just a few books that I will be trying to read that I found from searching on the internet:

(http://www.amazon.com/Shibori-Knits-The-Exquisite-Felted/dp/B009683JR8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362180348&sr=8-1&keywords=Shibori+Knits)

(http://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Japanese-Stencil-Designs-Clarence/dp/0486247910/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362278297&sr=8-1&keywords=katagami)

(http://www.amazon.com/Shibori-Designs-Techniques-Mandy-Southan/dp/1844482693/ref=pd_sim_b_1)

(http://www.amazon.com/Woven-Shibori-The-Weavers-Studio/dp/1931499675/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362266544&sr=8-1&keywords=Woven+Shibori)

Angelica