I want to share with you all the marvellous indigo shibori design created at another remarkable weekend at The Kingcombe Centre in deepest Dorset. It was a rainy weekend with small bursts of sunshine but that didn’t deter the 8 keen, creative people gathered for the two and a half days. Some superb work was …
Be Inspired in Your Shibori Design by This Summer Workshop Read More »
After meeting with Rob Jones of Romor Designs last year who showed me how to make simple paste resist I have been working and experimenting with paste resist. I made some stencils and transferred paste through them on to fabric to make a couple of straightforward designs. I am eager to try more experiments, it …
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About a year ago I wrote a blog about creating different pattern shibori circles but white against blue. I wanted to explore the same idea using a pipette thereby creating a pattern of blue designs on a white background. By using a pipette the indigo can be collected and transferred to the fabric without coming …
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Beautiful weather, beautiful work on my latest shibori stitching workshop at Artisan Community Art Studio in Bournemouth this weekend. It is always interesting to see what particular aspect of shibori grabs people and this time it was definitely an interest in exploring stitch resist geometric patterns; circles and diamonds particularly. 6 very enthusiastic participants came …
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Let me tell you about my latest workshop, wonderful and inspiring work was completed and I am just picking out 5 of the shibori design ideas to tell you about to excite and impress you! And hopefully inspire you too. This workshop took place on a Sunday in April at Frampton Village Hall here in Dorset …
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Today I am going to introduce you to applying indigo with a pipette which is another way of working with shibori. With this you can create some fresh-looking designs, blue against lots of white. By using a pipette the indigo can be collected and transferred to the fabric without coming into contact with too much …
3 Fresh Indigo Blue and White Shibori Patterns Using a Pipette Read More »
I thought I would introduce you to this great selection of individual blogs about designs dyed with indigo or blue. They are full of good ideas and lovely simple instructions to follow. A lot of my shibori designs are not really for absolute beginners. All these blogs are a great way to take the first …
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Another technique I have recently explored after being inspired by Jane Callender’s book “Stitched Shibori”. I had seen images of fabrics created by what appeared to be overstitching and gathering the fabric up as you stitched but I hadn’t explored it further until her book came along and I saw there was a name for …
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August seems a long time ago but I realised I hadn’t shared the lovely work done on my weekend workshop at the Kingcombe Centre, Lower Kingcombe, Dorset. Five wonderfully creative, imaginative and keen individuals took part. I introduced everyone to the main techniques of Shibori: ori-nui, karamatsu, maki-age and mokume. And also helped them to …
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I have been wanting to have a go at playing with shibori circles since someone did something like this on one of my workshops. There are 6 different circle patterns to explore and learn how to make here. Each different circle design is shown above with a key number beside it to refer to the …
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