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Shibori techniques workshop guide

Shibori is a family of manipulations, not one repeatable look. A workshop guide is stronger when it compares what each format asks the cloth and the room to do.

Folded, tied, stitched and pole-wrapped cloth samples on a studio table
Folded, tied, stitched and pole-wrapped cloth samples on a studio table. Editorial photograph made for Resist & Form.

Shibori is a family of manipulations, not one repeatable look. A workshop guide is stronger when it compares what each format asks the cloth and the room to do.

Compare the manipulation

Fold-and-clamp, binding, stitching and pole-wrapping produce different constraints before colour arrives. The sample should reveal the constraint, not only the finished blue.

  • Show the preparation
  • Compare the opened cloth
  • Keep the name with the action

Sequence the room

Some formats need more preparation or drying space than others. Put the process, tools, airflow and cleanup on one planning sheet before choosing the number of participants.

  • Plan the work surface
  • Mark the drying route
  • Check the product document

Source seam

Follow the record.

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