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Chidori Yatara-miura, Ori-nui and Boushi Shibori Tenugui

$58.00

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Stitch-resist & random miura shibori in plover/ shore bird pattern

Technique: Yatara-miura Shibori - Randomly placed soft outlines of small resist-bound shapes. Small portions of cloth are gathered on a hook specifically shaped for this process and and bound with cotton thread to create a soft outline resist / Ori-nui Shibori - Folded-edge stitch resist drawn tight before dyeing / Boushi Shibori - Sections of the ground are capped and bound by thread to resist dye. Process illustrations are from the book “Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing” by Wada, Rice, and Barton. (c)1983

Pattern: Chidori - Plover/shorebird. Chidori are often depicted in flight and in their natural habitat by the ocean braving large waves.

Color: Indigo/White

Approximately 1m x 35cm (39in x 13in)

100% Cotton

Handmade in Arimatsu, Japan

Tenugui are scarf-size, all-purpose towels made of lightweight cotton, used in Japan for centuries and recently popularized and collected because of their beautiful patterns and graphic designs.

Ukiyo-e Example: Utagawa Kunisada (1852)

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