Tradational crafts of Japan: a galaxy of Weaves
Saturday, March 8, 2008 | | |Demand continues silk Japanese, both at home and abroad has been used to stimulate creative weavers. Plain weaves, including Chirimen pancake; twill, both figuratively and simple; plain and figured satins and damasks were produced, but still complex woven fashion, monochrome textiles that would lend themselves to opulent decoration have been chosen to develop tissues polychrome. The extravagant costumes of Noh theatre May be an exception. Yet tank dyeing, painting, shaped resist (shibori), embroidery and applied metal foil, paste resist, resist stencil, and so forth have been used to create textile stunning complexity and beauty (see dye).
Kimono fabric, Oshima Fabrics
Kimono, Oshima tissue
Ikat (Japanese: kasuri) techniques are now more popular than figured satins and twills. This technique combines weaving and dyeing: the trend is calculated on the wire, the wire is connected or not resisted the calculated areas of configuration, dyed, then woven. The model calculated emerges in the process of weaving, but with a little son and charming not aligned, this soft, fuzzy lines of the design motifs.
Kyoto has always been the heart of Japan silk weaving, and since the late 15th century, weaving was centered in the Nishijin area of the city. However, many provincial towns have a long history and strong as silk-weaving centers between Kiryu, Tokamachi, and Ashikaga.
Kimono fabric, Oshima Fabrics
Kimono, Oshima tissue
Ikat (Japanese: kasuri) techniques are now more popular than figured satins and twills. This technique combines weaving and dyeing: the trend is calculated on the wire, the wire is connected or not resisted the calculated areas of configuration, dyed, then woven. The model calculated emerges in the process of weaving, but with a little son and charming not aligned, this soft, fuzzy lines of the design motifs.
Kyoto has always been the heart of Japan silk weaving, and since the late 15th century, weaving was centered in the Nishijin area of the city. However, many provincial towns have a long history and strong as silk-weaving centers between Kiryu, Tokamachi, and Ashikaga.
