colour palette, weave

”WOVEN colour palette” 1 – 9 Weaving structure: tabby – BLUE-GREEN warp: 14 colours, weft: blue-green                      Yarn: wool yarn 7/1 warp as weftDyeing of yarn: […]

colour palette, weave

”WOVEN colour palette” 1- 8 Weaving structure: tabby  –  TURQUOISE warp: 14 colours, weft: turquoise Yarn: wool yarn 7/1 warp as weftDyeing of yarn:  metal-complex […]

weave

Woven Striped cotton fabric from Egypt A piece of rough striped cotton fabric for furnishings; upholstery fabric, cushion covers, parasols, although they often see in […]

print & dye

“Chusen-zome, injection dying method” Chusen-zome is a type of stencil dyeing with resistant paste/katazome with a slightly more modern dying method for cotton fabrics as […]

embroidery

“Embroidered shawl from Siwa oasis” A modern shawl from Siwa oasis from the 20th century, probably the 1950s. Similar in embroidery and colours to traditional […]

weave

”Sarashi-Momen / bleached cotton muslin”   Object: Sarashi-Momen / bleached cotton muslin, Kohaba (narrow width), machine woven with selvedge. Description: Cotton came to Japan in […]

blue, print & dye

“Mame Shibori / Bean-dot Tie-dye” Object: Tenugui / Japanese hand towel Description: Stripes with blue dots (mame = pea) on a white background known as the Mame-Shibori design […]

colour palette, weave

”WOVEN colour palette” 1 – 6 Weaving structure: tabby – PURPLE warp: 14 colours, weft: purple Yarn: wool yarn 7/1 warp as weftDyeing of yarn:  […]

embroidery

Embroidery “el tock” “el tock” – square-shaped embroidered collar for a tunic for married women in Siwa oasis, Egypt. Embroidery on black cotton fabric, asymmetrical […]

embroidery

Embroidery “attoq nitilisha” “attoq nitilisha”  – straight-shaped embroidered collar for a tunic for unmarried women/girls in Siwa oasis, Egypt. Embroidery on black cotton fabric with […]