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 Overdyed Yuage: Tsutsugaki Dyed Cloth with Healing Properties
tsutsulate nineteenth century32" x 25", 81 cm x 63.5 cm T... (more)
A Sashiko Stitched and Tsutsugaki Dyed Furoshiki: Unusual Pairing of Techniques
early twentieth century54" x 51 1/2", 137 cm x 131 cm Thi... (more)
A Three Panel Noren: Beautifully Graphic Mon or Crest
mid twentieth century65" x 38 1/2", 165 cm x 98 cm Shown ... (more)
A Length of Tsutsugaki Dyed Cotton: Complex and Delicate Roundels
late nineteenth century51" x 13", 129.5 cm x 33 cm This i... (more)
A Tsutsugaki Dyed Furoshiki: Portion of a Yogi
late nineteenth, early twentieth century30 1/2" x 31 1/2"... (more)
A Tsutsugaki Furoshiki: Yellow over Indigo Dye
early twentieth century57 1/2" x 50 1/4", 146 cm x 127.5 ... (more)
A Recombined Tsutsugaki Yogi: Amazingly Skilled Design
late nineteenth century66" x 31 1/4", 67.5 cm x 79.25 cm ... (more)
A Resist Dyed Three Panel Noren: Green Persimmon Tannin Dye
early twentieth century50 1/2" x 39", 128 cm x 99 cm This... (more)