Tsutsugaki
Tsutsugaki literally means 'tube drawing' as this resist dye method is a freehand style. An artisan draws directly onto taut cloth by squeezing rice paste from a paper cone, a tool not dissimilar from a Western pastry bag. Once the rice paste drawing is rendered onto cloth, a soy-based sizing is applied allover the textile to set the drawing. The prepared cloth is then dipped into a vat of indigo dye any number of times until the desired tonal qualities of indigo are archeived. Often a tsutsugaki textile shows some hand applied colored details, usually grey or red, which are painted on the cloth after the resist dyeing is complete.
An Indigo Dyed Tsutsugaki Cloth: Two Stylized Cranes
early twentieth century25 1/4" x 58", 65 1/2" x 147.25 cm... (more)
A Length of Resist Dyed Indigo Cotton: Three Family Crests
early twentieth century90" x 12 3/4", 228.5 cm x 32.5 cm ... (more)
An Old Hand Spun Cotton Furoshiki: Unusual Tsutsugaki Design
mid to late nineteenth century52" x 51 1/2", 132 cm x 131... (more)
A Tsutsugaki Dyed Furoshiki: Indigo Dyed Wrapping Cloth
early twentieth century49" x 52", 124.5 cm x 132 cm This ... (more)
A Large Tsutsugaki Dyed Cotton Futon Cover: Family Crest and Paulownia Flowers
early twentieth century76" x 49", 193 cm x 124.5 cm This ... (more)
A Length of Over Dyed Tsutstugaki Cotton: Tea Ceremony Implements
late nineteenth century54" x 13", 137 cm x 33 cm This is ... (more)
A Well-Used Cotton Noren: Resist Dyed
early to mid twentieth century64 1/2" x 39", 164 cm x 99 ... (more)
A Very Faded Tattered Tsutsugaki Furoshiki: Hand Spun Cotton Yarns
late nineteenth century38" x 37 1/2", 96.5 cm x 95 cm The... (more)
A Large Resist Dyed Cotton Cloth: Two Roundels
early twentieth century25 1/2" x 60", 63.5 cm x 152.5 cm ... (more)
A Length of Tsutsugaki Dyed Cotton: Over Dyed and Hand Spun
late nineteenth century53" x 13", 134.5 cm x 33 cm This i... (more)