Iris Schneider Photography
Iris Schneider Photography
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Bales of indigo at Yamamura Takeshi
Dipping yarn in indigo vats at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Dipping into the indigo bath
Yamamura Takeshi
Indigo-dyed yarn at Yamamura Takeshi Textile Atelier, founded in 1891, that still makes hand-woven kasuri fabric
Weaving patterned warp and weft at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Dyed and woven kasuri fabric at Yamamura Takeshi atelier which has been in business since 1891.
Dyed yarn with pattern created through knotting exposed at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Dyed yarn which will be woven into patterned fabric at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Owners and weavers at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Owners and weavers at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Owners and weavers at Yamamura Takeshi atelier
Chiharu Ogomori, artist and dyer at Takarajima Senkou a dyeing and fashion studio in Yame.
Indigo bath at Takarajima Senkou studio
Indigo bath at Takarajima Senkou studio
Dipping a folded fabric into the indigo bath
Dipping folded and clamped fabric into the indigo bath at Takarajima Senkou studio
Chiharu unfolding her shibori after dipping in the indigo bath
Tools of the indigo trade
Some of the dyed work drying at Takarajima Senkou
Takarajima Senkou studio
Chiharu Ogomori
Rei Watanabe, artists representative
Wearing a beautiful dyed and Patterned skirt at Nomura Orimono
Stripes! At Kokura Shimashima, Noriko Tsuiki and her daughter Mio Tsuiki run their company making kokura-ori, densely woven striped cotton fabrics.
At Kokura Shimashima, a modern take on samurai pants made of densely woven striped denim
At Kokura Shimashima, a modern take on samurai pants made of densely woven striped denim
Washi
Washi paper sheets drying
Drying washi sheets
Mud-dyed yarn on Amami Island, Japan
Hawthorn bark, first step in mud dyeing
Amami mud
Mud dyeing on Amami Island, Japan
Mud dyeing
Mud dyeing
Amami Island, mud dyeing studio
Hawthorn bark exposed to heat and water to make first solution in mud dyeing process
Hawthorn bark
Hawthorn solution, first step in mud dyeing technique
Dipping fabric in hawthorn solution to prepare for mud dip
Hawthorn bark emerges from heat bath to produce solution that is first step in mud dye process
Hawthorn dip
Dyeing with mud at Kanei Kogei, Amami Island
Mud dyed fabric
Mud dyeing
Mud dyed scarves
Dyers in their mud dyed shirts at Kanei Kogei, mud dyers on Amami Island, Japan
Makers at a craft fair in Kyoto show off their handmade and handsewn tamis and shishiko stitching expertise
Toyokazu Ono owner and textile artist at Yotsume Dyehouse where he does his stencil printing.
Toyokazu Ono lets his print dry up away from disturbances.
Brushes used for stencil printing at Yotsume Dyehouse in Kunisaki
Toyokazu Ono with his latest stencil print in progress
After applying glue to the stencil, Ono presses it onto the fabric, where the colors will resist the glued sections.
Ono inspecting the resist after applying the glued and prepared stencil to the fabric
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