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texturesPLUSpatterns CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE
texturesPLUSpatterns CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE
Intuition
Enamored
Moxie
Transcendent
Infatuation
Dapper
Deludge
Curvaceous
Visissitude
Chichi
Recumbent
Pulchritudinous
Oblique
Evasive
Effervesce
Chutzpah
Passion
Vague
Verdant
Augury
Apparition
Derring-do
Juliet
Beacon
Ripen
Special Thanks to: Ina Conradi Chavez Paul Tan from OWEN Trading Company Thank you: The Sim Family Ridwan Madon Tan Nur Saufi Shellen Teh Shibori pieces: OWEN Trading Company Benjamin Sim Photography: Benjamin Sim, Ridwan Madon, Tan Nur Saufi Edited by: Benjamin Sim Book Design by: Benjamin Sim Published by: Benjamin Sim Š 2010 Benjamin Sim owenpleats.blogspot.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronically, mechanically, or otherwise without prior permission in writing from the publisher and artist.
Shibori,
a Japanese word that came from the verb root shiboru, which means to wring, squeeze, press, refers to the many ways of embellishing textiles from the shaping of cloth to securing them for dyeing. This book documents various types of fabric manipulated using the shibori technique to produce different interesting textures and patterns. Rather than treating cloth as a two-dimensional surface, shibori turns it into a three-dimensional form through methods such as folding, pleating, twisting and plucking. The resultant cloth is then secured by methods such as knotting and binding. Shibori is thus an art that acknowledges and explores the piable nature of textiles and their ability to be created into a great variety of different shaped and resisted designs, adding a unique character to each and every one of them.