| 1. Rough Drawing |
Copy a rough drawing on a sheet
of paper to a textile by aobana (blue flower) (dye stuff disappears
on contact with water) |
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The navy lines are aobana. |
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| 2. Stitching |
Stitch with thread along the rough
drawing. The tinier you stitch, the more beautiful the end
result will be. The trace of thread will compose a design. |
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| 3. Tying |
Techniques of sowing-and-tightening tying,
tiny dappled cloth, maki-age-shibori (coiling up tying), take-kawa-shibori
(tying with a bamboo leaf) and oke-shibori (tying with tub)
are used. Maki-age-shibori and take-kawa-shibori are used
for making big pattern.
Oke-shibori is used for dyeing the textile in different
colors.
Differences in designs and colors appear by pulling thread
one by one.
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| 4. Dipping and Dyeing |
Dip the tied textile in dye stuff. At this
time, the tied parts will dyed if it is dipped too long. In
opposite, the textile will not be dyed enough if it is dipped
too short. So, it’s difficult to assess staining time.
Every time dye the textile in different colors, repeat resist
and dip dyeing. |
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Unthread the textile when the all colors are dyed.
We can’t know the design until unthreading. Unthread the textile
with care not to cut it. |
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Steam the textile in order to entrench colors
on it. |
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Fix the textile by smoothing out creases. |
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Ink(sumi) in the not-dyed parts, and
all finish. |
