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Random looped & bound-resist and hand pleating

Technique: Yatara-miura Shibori -Randomly placed soft outlines of small resist-bound shapes. Small portions of cloth are gathered on a hook shaped specifically for this process and and bound with cotton thread to create a soft outline resist / Tesuji Shibori – Resisted stripes created by continuous rows of cloth hand-pleated and bound evenly around a rope

Patterns: The robust yatara-miura shibori fills an organic undulating field of random round looped-bound resisted units evoking fish roe. Simple diagonal hand pleated tesuji shibori lines dissect the field to create this dynamic pattern.

Color: Indigo/White

Approximately 1m x 35cm (39in x 13in)

100% Cotton

Handmade in Arimatsu, Japan

Tenugui are scarf-size, all-purpose towels made of lightweight cotton, used in Japan for centuries and recently popularized and collected because of their beautiful patterns and graphic designs.

Ukiyo-e example: Utagawa Kunisada (1845-46)

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