Thursday, August 10, 2006

FROM A SQUARE OF CLOTH



Silk furoshiki dyed with shibori, kankoko dots.





Batiste fabric, indigo dyed, stencil printed.










Cotton dyed with "Sabracron" fiber reactive dyes, then over dyed with indigo.







Woman and furoshiki
at the Hari-kuyo (needle)
festival, Kyoto Japan.















Illustration of fisherman
with furoshiki, from the
magazine "Art Interchange"
early 1900's.

















Furoshiki used to wrap gifts and to transport items on the back. Meiji era book illustrations.