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The oblique lines and blurred edges found in shibori fabric appear as rhythmic vibrations, like the gentle blur of forms seen through rain. It was this unique characteristic that first attracted me to shibori, the Japanese folk art of resist hand-dyeing.
Traditional Japanese shibori was developed during the 1800’s and was used primarily with indigo dyed cotton fabric. The fabric was wound around a wooden pole, wrapped with thread, then pushed into folds and immersed in indigo dye. Since then, many different manipulating techniques in the folding, pleating, sewing and binding of the fabric have been developed.
I try to incorporate my study of tradtional shibori with patterns that exist around me. My work is influenced by geometric patterns and linear lines commonly found in nature. I continue to be fascinated with the process and its unpredictable results. I love the sense of spontaneous investigation that always occurs. The dyeing process always presents an element of the unexpected and the outcome is never really known until the fabric is unbound.
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