Translucency: Three Katazome Dyed Hemp Panels
Written on September 17, 2012
I love showing patched hemp textiles against the light, and if you follow this blog, you’ve seen this set-up before. Today I’m showing three patched fragments from summer futon covers, each hemp, each katazome or stencil resist dyed.
The two panels shown above are large-scale repeats from the 1920s or so.
The fragment shown above is a wonderful piece of old Omi jofu, or silk-like hemp or ramie weaving from present-day Shiga Prefecture. Have a closer look at a similar piece here.