shibori

[shi-bawr-ee]

noun

1. a Japanese resist dyeing technique, often compared to tie-dyeing.

Example Sentences

“I have been a docent for a year and a half but I’ve been going to the museum ever since I took a shibori workshop there. I love giving tours to students from all over L.A. But I also love it when I’m the first person in the galleries on school tour days and I have the whole museum to myself.”

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A June workshop with nationally known fiber artist Sue Spargo, who lives in Ohio, has already filled up, and people are inquiring about spots in an August class led by Ana Lisa Hedstrom, a California woman credited with bringing a Japanese dying technique called “shibori” to the U.S.

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It’s long been part of the arts scene in Japan, through shibori, as well as in Nigeria, in adire.

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For Hiroyuki Murase, a fashion executive and fifth-generation shibori artisan, the appeal lies in the technique’s unpredictability.

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This 100% silk, shibori tye-died piece is relaxed and lightweight.

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