Katazome
Katazome is a resist dye technique in which a paste of rice flour and bran is applied to cloth through a cut paper stencil. This paste is applied with a flat, blunt tool or a brush: where the paste has been pushed onto the cloth, dye will not penetrate. Dyes can be applied using an immersion method, by hand tinting, or by a combination of these applications, depending on the complexity of the desired effect. If the cloth is to be seen from both sides, the application of rice paste through a stencil is applied to both sides of a cloth, requiring an amazing technical skill for exact registration of the stencil on front and back.
A Finely Plied Stencil Dyed Furoshiki: Delicately Woven Cloth
kearly twentieth century39" x 34", 99 cm x 86.5 cm This i... (more)
A Very Large Katazome Dyed Furoshiki: Traditional Wrapping Cloth
early twentieth century71" x 66", 180.5 cm x 167.5 cm Thi... (more)
A Three Panel Katazome Dyed Cotton Furoshiki: Machine Stitched
early twentieth century35" x 36", 89 cm x 91.5 cmThis is ... (more)
A Coiled Horse Rein: Decorative Trapping for Festivals
katalate nineteenth, early twentieth century2 1/4" x 5 ya... (more)
A Length of Twice Dyed Hand Spun Katazome Cotton: Diagonal Piecing
late nineteenth century63" x 12 1/4", 160 cm x 31 cmThis ... (more)
A Length of Jishiro Katazome: Large Scale Pattern and Hand Spun Cotton
late nineteenth, early twentieth century64" x 13", 162.5 ... (more)
A Length of Old Katazome Cloth: Wonderful Home Spun Yarns
mid nineteenth century16 3/4" x 12 3/4", 42.5 cm x 32.5 c... (more)
A Length of Faded Katazome: Bishamon Kikko
late nineteenth, early twentieth century32 1/2" x 12 1/2"... (more)
A Long Pieced Cloth of Narumi Kongata: Rich Indigo Tones in Faux Shibori
early twentieth century52 1/2" x 12 /12", 133.5 cm x 32 c... (more)