Today I was motivated to do some shibori dying. I just adore seeing a full clothesline too.
I’m just so in love with this process, it involves folding/wrapping/clamping/tying as a way of creating a resist, then when dipped in indigo dye the results are magic. There really is no wrong way to do this. Opening each piece is so exciting!
I dyed 12 cloth napkins and 12 dishtowels along with two linen dresses that have been hanging around unworn, because who wears white? I know I don’t.
The dish towels are made of thin flour sack cotton fabric, perfect for around the kitchen but I have plans to sew them together into a beach cover up. (I’ll post pics of that later)
Each one of these pieces is unique and could never be ‘exactly’ repeatable, that’s exactly what I love about shibori…it’s wabi-sabi. The perfect in the imperfect.
I’ll be hosting a dying workshop at the farm on July 2nd at 10am-2pm if you would like to learn how to dye in this traditional Japanese way. We will focus on flat cloth (napkins/towels etc) in this workshop as dying clothing be somewhat complex.
Let me know if you’re interested!
Yours,
Deb
These turned out beautiful!
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Thanks so much! Im not sure which I like better, the end product or the visual of the clothesline. 🙂 do you dye?
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No, I don’t. But I appreciate it very much!
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