Japanese Stencil Dyeing

By Eiko Nakano, Barbara Stephan, Eisha Nakano

Katazome, a stencil dyeing technique, is a traditional Japanese art that is quickly gaining appeal in this country. Using simple methods and nontoxic dyes, you can create delightfully sophisticated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834801698
• ISBN13: 9780834801691
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Weatherhill
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Definitive Japanese paste resist techniques in English

Full descriptions of the Japanese techniques of paste-resist dyeing using both stencils and freehand drawing along with numerous illustrations make it very easy for the beginner to learn the techniques. It also explores some more advanced techniques and shows also how the various dye classes and pigments may be used with this technique. This is one of the first books in Engish on this technique,