Painted Shibori
from Gene Black an Alabama Artist
I recently saw some lovely hand dyed shibori fabrics and was immediately in "lust" with them. It reminded me that I my "someday" list had "try making shibori fabric with fabric paint rather than dye." Needless to say, it had been on the list for some time, and I said "Okay, today is the day." Of course that extended to two or three days of experimentation.
You should know that shibori takes a bit of preparation before you dye (or paint) it. In one class I took the teacher suggested using rubber bands for the method I was using to ...
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