Product Description

A sequel to the best-selling "Shibori", this text provides a modern perspective on shaped-resist dyeing techniques in textile design. Japan's top fashion designers are examined, including Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake and a 96-page section features the work of 24 international artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #347072 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 212 pages

European Textile Network
"... substantially broadens the [Japanese] term shibori ... to similar processes used all over the world."

Textile Fibre Forum
"... this book will confirm old passions -- and ignite new ones for initiates."

About the Author
For nearly thirty years, surface-design artist, curator, and textile researcher Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada has been teaching shibori, first in Berkeley, California and then around the world. Many who took her classes went on to become artists and teachers themselves, and thanks to Wada's efforts the field has expanded geometrically over the course of a single generation. In 1983 she also coauthored, with Mary Kellogg Rice and Jane Barton, the definitive book in English, Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped-Resist Dyeing. As Jack Lenor Larsen puts it in his foreword to Memory on Cloth, "Through her first book, Shibori, and through her exhibits, lectures, and personal persuasion in every communication medium, Wada has single-handedly changed our field and its language." Because of her commitment to keeping shibori traditions alive, the word "shibori" has now become universally accepted as the term for shaped-resist processes. Wada continues to travel the world searching for shibori innovations and outstanding artists.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant!
I'm very interested in textile art and techniques, and had often wondered how to create the beautiful textures and colours associated with Shibori-This book not only describes the origins from around the world, but looks in depth at shibori artists and designers, and has a brilliant section at the end on how to create the three dimensional textiles and unusual patterns for yourself. The photography is beautiful and it is written in a clear, exciting way.