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Shibori Dyeing Technique for Fabrics used in Japan

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 Shibori is a Japanese manual resist dyeing technique, which produces patterns on fabric.  This technique dates back to as far as 8th century. Shibori Dyeing Techniques   CreativeArts Showcase Mainly fabrics used for Shibori Dyeing are Silk, hemp and cotton. Although indigo is the mostly used dye but there are some dyes like madder and purple root that are also used to some extent. Indigo is the main dye for this Shibori Technique. There are 6 basic types of Shibori Dyeing Technique depending on the type of fabric used and desired pattern to be achieved. Kanoko shibori Kanoko Shibori is similar to tie-dye technique used in West. It involves folding and binding certain sections of cloth using thread and then applying dye. The portion of the cloth that is bound and covered with thread remains undyed and hence creating unique patterns. Different patterns can be achieved by varying the number and types of folds. Miura shibori Miura Shibori also known as looped bi
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Bluebird, bluebird by Attica Locke Review

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About the Author Attica Locke is the author of Pleasantville , which won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction; Black Water Rising , which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and The Cutting Season , a national bestseller and winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. She was a writer and producer on the Fox drama Empire . A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter. Book Summary A powerful thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show Empire . When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his a
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