Sunday 2 August 2009

Tesuji shibori

Shibori is a very fun and easy way of creating you own patterned fabric. If you want to learn how to dye shiboti and other techniqus, I can recommend Marjorie McWilliam's classes at Quilt University. She is a very skilled and not at least a very fun teacher. There is a link to QU at the right side of the blog. The best class to start with is Cotton Dyeing Basic. The next class starts at August 14. I can also recommend you to take a look at Marjie's blog - http://marjiesdyestudio.blogspot.com/


Sbibori er en enkel og morsom måte å lage dine egne mønstrete stoffer på. Dersom du har lyst til å lære lage shibori eller andre fargeteknikker så kan jeg anbefale klassene til Marjorie McWilliams på Quilt Universty. Hun er en meget kunnskapsrik og ikke minst morsom lærer. Det er en link til Quilt University på høyre side av denne bloggen. Den beste klassen å starte med er Cotton Dyeing Basic. Den neste klassen starter 14. august. Jeg kan også anbefale å ta en titt på Marjie's blogg http://marjiesdyestudio.blogspot.com/

"Tesuji Shibori is folding the fabric in accordion and winding it around a thick rope. This is followed by tight winding to create vertical stripes." I press the folds down as I fold them to create more distinctive lines. I did not use a rope, but a pole to wind the fabric around. I did not wind hard enough to get vertical stripe through all the layers, so I 'll have to remeber that next time. I painted the dye on the fabric. You have to be careful not to saturate all the fabric with dye. Then you will get very little pattern. It's much easier to control the process with a brush instead of soaking the fabric in the dye.

" Tesuji Shibori er å folde stoffet som et trekkspill og surre det rundt et tykt tau. Dette blir etterfulgt av en tett surring med tråd for å skape vertikale striper." Jeg presser foldene ned etterhvert som jeg bretter for å få tydeligere linjer. Jeg brukte ikke et tau, men surret stoffet rundt et plastrør. Jeg surret ikke hardt nok med tråden denne gangen til å få gode striper gjennom alle lagene så jeg må huske det til neste gang. Jeg påfører fargen med en pensel. Du må være forsiktig så du ikke fukter hele stoffet med farge, for da blir det veldig lite mønster. Det er mye enklere å kontrollere denne prosessen med en pensel enn ved å dyppe hele stoffet ned i fargebadet.

Here is a detail of the fabric. The vertical stripes are here horisontal. This is a part of the outside of the winding. There is almost no stripes at all in the inner parts.

Her er en detalj av stoffet. De vertikale stripene er her horisontale. Dette er en del av den ytterste delen av stoffet. Innerst er det nesten ingen striper fra surringen.




2 comments:

  1. Hi Bente,

    Your work is truly inspiring. I read your discussion on QU and I was amazed that you where reminded of copyright issues.

    Many techniques cannot be copyrighted as you probably know because of common knowledge. The only thing is the actual copying of lessons word for word.

    Cheers

    Kaylene

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  2. Thank you, Kaylene! You have some wonderful pieces in the Class Gallery. You have used turquoise and fuchsia? Lovely colors.
    I was a bit surprised, too, but I think no one has copyright on the Shibori technique. I will only tell about how I have made them. I think you can find instructions for making Shibori and recipes for dyeing several places on the web.
    Bente

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