Atsushi Ogura

Tie-dyed formal kimono "Dry beach in spring"

  • Textiles
  • Presented in 2013
  • Not for Sale

Category Textiles
Year Presented 2013
Exhibition The 60th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Atsushi Ogura

photo Atsushi Ogura

Shibori (tie-dye) is dyeing colors and white separately. The shiborizome technique has been used in Japan for more than one thousand several hundred years. The colored parts make the white stand out brightly, while the white parts make the colors stand out beautifully. The white parts are not simply just non-dyed parts. The colors and the white resonate with each other and with the patterns and become a beautiful piece of art. I use the shiborizome techniques in all of my kimonos.