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🎨 Japanese dyeing 🧣 A dyed fabric 👗 Dyed with patterns
shibori

shibori

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A Japanese way of dyeing cloth by folding, twisting, or tying it to make patterns
  • noun
  • /ʃɪˈbɔːri/
  • Specialized
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  • She created a beautiful wall hanging using the ancient Japanese technique of shibori.
  • shibori dyeing
  • shibori technique
  • shibori resist

Examples

  • He showcased his collection of fabrics that featured intricate shibori patterns.

  • So if you are into the shibori things that I was Instagramming, I highly encourage you guys check this book out.

  • I just took a shibori dyeing class at the Art Institute here and practiced a technique that should give you these same results, stripping color without damaging the fabric at all.

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  • The workshop taught participants how to incorporate shibori into their textile designs.

Surface Forms

shibori singular
shiboris plural

Etymology

Shibori comes from the Japanese verb shiboru, which means 'to squeeze' or 'to wring'. This is a helpful image: the cloth is folded, twisted or tied and then squeezed before dyeing, so the name points directly to the way the patterns are made.