{"product_id":"memory-on-cloth-isbn-9781568364704","title":"Memory on Cloth","description":"Shibori is infinitely more than the tie-dye that became well known in the late 1960s. Shaped-resist dyeing techniques have been done for centuries in every corner of the world. Yet more than half of the known techniques—in which cloth is in some way tied, clamped, folded, or held back during dyeing, to keep some areas from taking color—originated in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShibori can be used not only to create patterns on cloth but to turn fabric from a two-dimensional into a three-dimensional object. The word is used here to refer to any process that leaves a \"memory on cloth\" —a permanent record, whether of patterning or texture, of the particular forms of resist done. In addition to traditional methods it encompasses high-tech processes like heat-set on polyester (made famous by Issey Miyake's revolutionary pleated clothing), melt-off on metallic fabric, the fulling and felting that make it possible to turn all-natural fabrics into three-dimensional shapes, weaving resist (in which, for instance, a warp thread can be pulled to gather the cloth to resist dye), and dévorée, in which just one part of a mixed fabric is dissolved with chemicals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada has been teaching shibori around the world for nearly thirty years, and helped to establish the World Shibori Network and the International Shibori Symposium. She coauthored in 1983 the authoritative \u003ci\u003eShibori\u003c\/i\u003e: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped-Resist Dyeing, which in turn inspired many artists to add shibori processes to their repertoire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe range of vibrant modern art covered in \u003ci\u003eMemory on Cloth\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable, and includes work by artists from Africa, South America, Europe, India, Japan, China, Korea, the United States, and Australia in more than 325 stunning photos and illustrations. It encompasses fabric design, wearable art and fashion, and textile art or various sculptural forms. The work of more than seventy innovative designers including Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Jurgen Lehl, Jun'ichi Arai, Hélène Soubeyran, Geneviève Dion, Asha Sarabhai, Junco Sato Pollack, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Marian Clayden, and Carter Smith is presented, and each artist shares details on the processes that they themselves have created, making this an invaluable reference for artists in every field. A number of innovative artists who combine shibori techniques with knitting, weaving, or quilting are also included, suggesting new ways to combine innovation with more traditional forms. A final section on modern techniques gives extremely detailed information, including dye recipes, on various high-tech processes and the particular methods that individual artists use to achieve certain effects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs informative as it is inspirational, \u003ci\u003eMemory on Cloth\u003c\/i\u003e will take its place alongside Wada's earlier work, Shibori, as a definitive text that will help keep shaped-resist dyeing processes a vibrant and important form of modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore than 325 stunning photos and illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncompasses fabric design, wearable art and fashion, and textile art or various sculptural forms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers more than seventy innovative designers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes works by artists from Africa, South America, Europe, India, Japan, China, Korea, the United States, and Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach artist shares details on the processes that they themselves have created\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eShibori\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored by Yoshiko Wada):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this age of hyperbole there is great risk in declaring a singular event. Nonetheless one has occurred with the long anticipated publication of Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing. Word of this book has long circulated in the inner and outer sanctums of the textile world with excitement and expectation building. This combination of bilingual, scholarly, creative and resourceful authors has brought us a classic volume . . . A masterful blend of historical material that puts Japanese textiles in context, clearly described and illustrated techniques along with information and illustrations of contemporary work from Japan and the West make this book an essential acquisition for anyone who proclaims a serious interest in textile dyeing, design, or historic textiles.\" — Glen Kaufman, in \u003ci\u003eSurface Design Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well researched, well written, well organized and well illustrated.\" — \u003ci\u003eCrafts Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\"Best known in the United States as tie-dye, shibori is a traditional Japanese resist-dye technique that gained popularity along with other folk art movements of the 1960s and 1970s. With the rediscovery of its techniques, shibori's popularity spread worldwide; there have been three international symposiums on shibori, the last in 1999 in Chile. Artisan and author Wada (Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing) has promoted and taught this technique for years. Here, the author outlines shibori's transition from craft to fiber art in traditional and nontraditional formats, focusing on the works of several artists. The descriptions are accompanied by illustrations that are well placed though a bit muted. For in-depth information on both the technique and its history, there is no substitute for Wada's earlier book, which is in its ninth printing. Focusing on more advanced forms of a dyeing technique, this volume is rather narrow in topic and recommended only for specialized or fiber art collections. Public libraries that have the earlier book will want to pass\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... substantially broadens the [Japanese] term shibori ... to similar processes used all over the world.\" —\u003ci\u003eEuropean Textile Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... this book will confirm old passions — and ignite new ones for initiates.\" —\u003ci\u003eTextile Fibre Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... a sumptuous book, sure to delight the art lover and the expert designer. Profusely illustrated, it captures shibori's planned and accidental evanescence, its ability to express seemingly endless variations of color and texture.\" —Sigrid Wortmann Weltge, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Craft\u003c\/i\u003eFor nearly thirty years, surface-design artist, curator, and textile researcher \u003cb\u003eYOSHIKO IWAMOTO WADA\u003c\/b\u003e has been teaching shibori, first in Berkeley, California and then around the world. Many who took her classes went on to become artists and teachers themselves, and thanks to Wada's efforts the field has expanded geometrically over the course of a single generation. In 1983 she also coauthored, with Mary Kellogg Rice and Jane Barton, the definitive book in English, Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped-Resist Dyeing. As Jack Lenor Larsen puts it in his foreword to \u003ci\u003eMemory on Cloth\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Through her first book, Shibori, and through her exhibits, lectures, and personal persuasion in every communication medium, Wada has single-handedly changed our field and its language.\" Because of her commitment to keeping shibori traditions alive, the word \"shibori\" has now become universally accepted as the term for shaped-resist processes. Wada continues to travel the world searching for shibori innovations and outstanding artists.","brand":"Kodansha International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299797586149,"sku":"NP9781568364704","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781568364704.jpg?v=1767732547","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/memory-on-cloth-isbn-9781568364704","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}