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Shibori

Katazome: Japanese Paste-Resist Dyeing for Contemporary Use by Kumiko Murashima Hardcover
104 pages

Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear by John Marshall Paperback
130 pages

Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada Hardcover 211 pages

Shibori: Creating Color and Texture on Silk by Karren K. Brito Paperback
128 pages
The author demonstrates the modern American rendition of shibori, or prismatic shibori, in which colored silk is pleated and tied around a pole, then overdyed. Only the tops of the pleats absorb the color fully so the hues shift subtly to create a shimmering iridescence.

Shibori: The Art of Fabric Folding, Pleating and Dyeing by Elfriede Moller Paperback
64 pages

Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing Tradition Techniques Innovation Paperback
303 pages

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