Japan 2018 Shibori Symposium – Post 7 – The real symposium began with me taking 3 workshops. This was dying with akane which is Japanese madder. Lovely color. I tied a knot in the cloth before dyeing to get the variation in the color this was dyed using alum as a mordant.
More akane. The darkest color used camellia ash for the mordant. The lightest had no mordant. Medium color used alum.
Kakishibu workshop. That means dyeing with green persimmons. I learned some more but it was a basic workshop.
Here is paper we tie dyed and dyed with the persimmon dye.
Workshop to dye with bengara a pigment that is red ocher in color usually. Our artist figured out how to get many colors. We folded the cloth like a flag is done and clamped wood shapes to make the patterns when dyeing. This was my second piece which I was happy with.
My first bengara pigment piece. Came out better than I expected. We were in a hurry to get something in the dye. I had no idea what I would get. I manipulated the small triangles which makes them fuzzy rather than crisp.
Impressive…love the kakishibu!
very cool
Absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful and soft looking. All of the pictures were excellent.
Glad you are learning more but you know so much already!
You could open a shop of your own in Mill Valley!
Nothing to say but WOW and BEAUTIFUL and thanks for sharing.Have fun!