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Item code: BORO_rags
BORO: Rags and Tatters from the Far North Japan --
Description: visual and written documentation of the collection of Chuzaburo Tanaka, who "virtually alone...walked the farming and fishing villages of Aomori from the mid-1960s, searching out these traces of the locals' love of fabric known as 'boro'". Images accompanied by anecdotes and text give context to the boro, giving dimension to the fabric and the local area from where it was collected.
Edited by Yukiko Koide & Koichi Tsuzuki
Photographs by Kyoichi Tsuzuki
Designed by Yasuko Aoki
Translated by Alfred Birnbaum
65 pages. Color illustrations & images.
English & Japanese text
20.5 cm L x 17 cm W (8.25in x 6.75in) (1.5lb)
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Item code: FUK_Hagire
Hagire no Bunkashi
-- A Chronicle of Fabric Pieces: the power of cloth to connect time and space --
Description: image catalogue of boro pieces and other pieced garments
Published by: Fukushima Prefectural Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan (2006)
168 pages. Color images. Japanese text
29.5 cm L x 22.5 cm W (11.5in x 9 in) (2lb)
To learn a little about boro, CLICK HERE to see video clip (opens new window) of Yoshiko's show & tell on Boro. Excerpt from Arimatsu Shibori DVD which may be purchased below.
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$55 USD
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Item code: TOR_OneNeedle
One Needle, One Thread: Miao (Hmong) embroidery and fabric piecework from Guizhou, China
Description: step
by step instructions + 2000 color images and illustrations of costumes,
embroidery stitches, materials, piecework, symbols
Author: Dr. Tomoko Torimaru
Editor: Dr. Sadae Torimaru; English editors: Yoshiko I Wada, Nancy A Salumbides
Published by University of Hawaii Art Gallery (Sept 2008)
168 pages. Color illustrations. English text.
9.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches (2lb)
ISBN: 978-1-60702-173-5
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$38 USD
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Item code: TOR_Imprints
Imprints on Cloth: 18 years of field research among the Miao people of Guizhou, China
Description: step by step instructions and illustrations on Miao indigo dyed glossy cloths, pleating, wax resist painting, crinkle texture, etc
Authors: Dr. Sadae Torimaru & Dr. Tomoko Torimaru
English editors: Yoshiko I Wada, Nancy A Salumbides
Published by Nishinippon Newspaper Co. (2004, 2005)
144 pages. Color illustrations. English & Japanese text.
9.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches (2lb)
ISBN: 4-8167-0592-9
*wholesale available, min order = 10 copies (of one title or combined with "Spiritual Fabric"). Email for shipping and pricing details.
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$48 USD
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Spiritual Fabric: 20 years of field research among the Miao of Guizhou, China
Description: step by step instructions and illustrations on growing, harvesting, making indigo dye; weaving; plaiting; etc; from off-loom to backstrap loom variations.
Authors: Dr. Sadae Torimaru
English editors: Yoshiko I Wada, Nancy A Salumbides
Published by Nishinippon Newspaper Co. (2006)
144 pages. Color illustrations. English & Chinese text.
9.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches (2lb)
ISBN 4-8167-0691-7
*wholesale available, min order = 10 copies (of one title or combined with "Imprints on Cloth"). Email for shipping and pricing details.
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$58 USD
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Item code: Shib
Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing
Description: seminal book on shibori; tradition, techniques, innovation, and appendices complete with tool diagrams, glossary, etc
Authors: Yoshiko Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice, Jane Barton
Published by Kodansha International (1983, 1999 paperback)
300 pages including 104 color plates, 298 b+w plates. English text.
8.5 x 12.8 x 1 in. (3lb)
ISBN 0-87011-559-6
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$38.50 USD
(reg. retail $48)
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Item code: MOC
Memory on Cloth: shibori now
Description: follow up to first Shibori book; survey of international contemporary artists working most innovatively with shibori in fashion, textile design, wearable art, sculpture
Author: Yoshiko I Wada
Published by: Kodansha International (2002)
210 pages including over 325 colored images + illust. English text.
9.25 x 12 x 1 in. (4lbs)
ISBN 4-7700-2777-X
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$60 USD
(reg retail $80)
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now with SPANISH SUBTITLES
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Item code: ASM-DVD_tri
DVD: Arimatsu Narumi Shibori: Celebrating 400 Years of Japanese Artisan Design (TRI-LINGUAL)
Subtítulos en español
Description: same as original video (see below)
Produced by Studio Galli.
English and Japanese narration by Yoshiko I. Wada
Subtitles in English, Japanese, Spanish
155 min. (0.3lb)
CLICK HERE to see video clip (opens new window)
US domestic shipping for this item is included in price.
(email first for all international orders)
Wholesale Orders (min 12 qty). Email info [AT] shibori.org
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Web Special $29.95
(reg $34.95)
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Item code: ASM-DVD
DVD: Arimatsu Narumi Shibori: Celebrating 400 Years of Japanese Artisan Design (BI-LINGUAL)
Description: the most comprehensive
overview of Arimatsu shibori available; meticulously detailed
recordings of each step in shibori processes as demonstrated by the
most expert artisans alive today
Produced by Studio Galli.
English and Japanese narration by Yoshiko I. Wada
155 min. (0.3lb)
US domestic hipping for this item is included in price.
(email first for all international orders)
CLICK HERE to see video clip (opens new window) of Yoshiko's show & tell on Boro. Excerpt from Arimatsu Shibori DVD which may be purchased below.
"Very highly recommended," Video review, Library Journal, Feb 09
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$34.95 USD
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Item code: ATO_RRRip
RRRipp!! Paper Fashion
Description: beautifully printed catalogue of images and essays accompanying the exhibition "RRRipp!! Paper Fashion," from 1960s Americana to today's forefront fashion designers from Belgium, Europe and Japan. Curated by Vassilis Zidianakis of ATOPOS.
Published by Atopos Foundation, Greece (2007)
320 pages, full color images. English text.
6.75 x 9.5 in (2.5lbs)
ISBN 978-960-89637-1-9
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$100 USD
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Item code: ASB_arimatsu
Arimatsu Shibori
Description: image catalogue of historically classic examples of Arimatsu shibori, mostly indigo dyed; includes short essay on international contemporary work.
Author: Kozo Takeda, with essay on Contemporary Shibori by Yoshiko I. Wada
Published by Graphic-sha, Japan (2008)
152 pages, full color images. Japanese text with English essay by Y.I.Wada
7.35 x 10.5 in (1.5lbs)
ISBN 978-4-7661-1873-5
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$48 USD
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Item code: JA-catalogue
Jun-ichi Arai exhibition photo catalogue
Description: a 2-booklet photo catalogue accompanying Arai's 2003 solo exhibition at Takasaki City Museum
Author: J. Arai, forewords by Ken Suyama, Yoshiko I Wada, Anne Sutton, et al
Published by Takasaki City Museum (2003)
28 pages. Japanese & English text.
11.5 x 8.25 in (0.2lbs)
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$25 USD
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Item code: Hishi_3-D
3-D Knit: Hishinuma
Description: photo catalogue of Yoshiki Hishinuma's innovative creative processes and fashion collections
Author: Yoshiki Hishinuma
Published by Yobisha Co. Ltd, Japan (2005)
57 pages. Color images. Japanese & English text.
8.25 x 11.5 in (0.5 lbs)
ISBN 4-946436-54-5
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$25 USD
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Item code: NUI_Project2
Nui Project 2: Nui (Stitches)
Description: richly visual catalogue of outsider art created by students of Kobo Shobu's Nui Project, a creative embroidery art program offered by Shobu Gakuen, a municipal facility for people with developmental disabilities. Nui Project's full operation as a workshop textile took root in 1992.
Author: Nui project/ Shobu Gakuen, foreword by Hideho Tanaka of Musashino Art University
Published by Social Welfare Foundation (2007)
62 pages, full color images. Japanese & English text.
11.75 x 11.75 in (0.5lbs) *packaged in delicate vellum book cover
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK
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avail. late Nov
$55 USD
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Item code: NUI_Project1
Nui Project 1: Shihu No Harime (Embroidery Stitches)
Description:
rich visual catalogue of outsider art accompanying the Nui Project's exhibition "fabulous fabrics: made in japan" held in Oakland, CA (2003). All textile works are created by students of Kobo
Shobu, a creative art program offered by Shobu Gakuen, a municipal facility for
people with developmental disabilities.
Author: Nui project/ Shobu Gakuen
Published by Social Welfare Foundation (2003)
62 pages, full color images. Japanese & English text.
8.5 x 11 in (0.5lbs)
< 10 qty left
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$45 USD
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SODOSHA POSTCARD SERIES
These booklets contain postcard images of textiles collected by Hitoshi Fujimoto and photographed by his son, Takumi Fujimoto. Beautiful examples of design patterns achievable with shibori - great for any library or design archive. The Katano textile series (1-4) features stunning design examples by legendary shibori master, Katano Motohiko. Published by Sodosha Japan.
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Item code: SOD_Color Asiav1
Postcards: COLOR: Dyeing & Textiles: ASIA vol 1
Description: booklet of 32 colored postcards, assorted Asian textiles & designs
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs)
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sample of 2 cards
(L: indigo; R: kasuri)
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Item code: SOD_Color indigov2
Postcards: COLOR: Dyeing & Textiles: INDIGO vol 2
Description: booklet of 32 colored postcards, assorted Japanese indigo textiles & designs
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs)
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Item code: SOD_Color.Iv1.0201
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: COLOR: Dyeing & Textiles: INDIGO vol 1A
Description: booklet of 32 colored postcards, assorted Japanese indigo textiles & designs
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs)
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Item code: SOD_Indigov1.0701
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: KOGIRE AIZOME: INDIGO vol 1
Description: booklet of 32 colored postcards, assorted Japanese indigo textiles & designs
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs)
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$18.75 USD
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sample of 2 cards
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Item code: SOD_Oki.v1.1601
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: OKINAWA: Dyeing & Textiles (1)
Description: hardcover booklet of 22 colored postcards, assorted textiles & designs from Okinawa. Decorative process of kasuri and bingata (paste resist stencil dyeing) on banana fiber, ramie,silk, cotton. Photographed by Takumi Fujimoto.
Published by Sodosha
Photography by Takumi Fujimoto
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$18.75 USD
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Item code: SOD_Katv1.1701
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: KATANO 1
Description: hardcover booklet of 22 colored postcards of works by legendary shibori master Motohiko Katano, who was instrumental in reviving the shibori tradition in Arimatsu Narumi and innovating new techniques. Read about Katano here
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs) |
$18.75 USD
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Item code: SOD_Katv2.1702
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: KATANO 2
Description:
hardcover booklet of 22 colored postcards of works by legendary shibori
master Motohiko Katano, who was instrumental in reviving the shibori
tradition in Arimatsu Narumi and innovating new techniques. Read about Katano here
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs) |
$18.75 USD
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Item code: SOD_Katv3.1703
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: KATANO 3
Description:
hardcover booklet of 22 colored postcards of works by legendary shibori
master Motohiko Katano, who was instrumental in reviving the shibori
tradition in Arimatsu Narumi and innovating new techniques. Read about Katano here
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs) |
$18.75 USD
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Item code: SOD_Katv4.1704
NEW ITEM!
Postcards: KATANO 4
Description:
hardcover booklet of 22 colored postcards of works by legendary shibori
master Motohiko Katano, who was instrumental in reviving the shibori
tradition in Arimatsu Narumi and innovating new techniques. Read about Katano here
Published by Sodosha
4.25 x 6 in (0.2lbs) |
$18.75 USD
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