Arimatsu, Japan has a 400-year history of shibori design and production. Around the Meiji era in Japan (early 1900’s), the Arimatsu artisans with their innovative techniques challenged the conventions of shibori at the time. Arimatsu shibori was often characterized by the white ground vs. the dar...

Arimatsu, Japan has a 400-year history of shibori design and production. Around the Meiji era in Japan (early 1900’s), the Arimatsu artisans with their innovative techniques challenged the conventions of shibori at the time. Arimatsu shibori was often characterized by the white ground vs. the dar...

Suggested Prerequisite: for those who have previously studied with Murase-San or with his Tesuji and Nui workshop streams.

Suggested Prerequisite: for those who have previously studied with Murase-San or with his Tesuji and Nui workshop streams.

Nui Shibori (stitch-resist) and its variations: Mokume (woodgrain), Orinui (fold and edge-saw), Maki-nui (overcast stitch), and Awase-nui (double fold and edge-saw). Day 1of 2

Nui Shibori (stitch-resist) and its variations: Mokume (woodgrain) and Its Variations including Gangi Mokume (mitored woodgrain), Nuisuji (stitched pleat), , and Karamatsu (larch pine). Day 2 of 2

Tesuji (pleated-resist), and its variations: Yoroidan, Yanagi, Shinire, and Hinode: the historical-cultural background and technical foundations. Day 2 of 2

Tesuji and its variations: How to adapt the technical foundations for your own explorations. Day 2 of 2

One of Murase-san’s signature artisan skills: making fugitive ink and stencils to easily mark the design for a repeat pattern. Day 1 of 1

Kanoko (tiny bound-resist) and its variations, Yokobiki, Hitome, Tsukidashi: the historical-cultural background as well as technical foundations. Day 1 of 2

Kanoko and its variations: How to adapt the technical foundations for your own explorations. Day 2 of 2

Miura (looped-bound-resist); Makiage (stitched-bound-resist), and Boshi (stitched-capped-resist): the historical-cultural background and technical foundations. Day 1 of 2

Miura, Makiage, and Boshi techniques: How to adapt the technical foundations for your own explorations. Day 2 of 2

Kumo (spiderweb bound-resist) and its variations: the technical foundations with artisan methods and traditional tools. Day 1 of 2

Kumo techniques: how to explore and adapt the technical foundations. Day 2 of 2