WELCOME TO THE SHIBORI STUDIO!
*Entire site is being updated for 2005*
*NEWS FLASH* Shibori Studio featured in "HomeStyle",
the national interior design magazine, Dec01/Jan02 issue. Page 4; center photo of white & blue indigo, "itabori" process. Page 25; Large photo of blue & white indigo shibori, "shippo-tsunagi" circle design. See "Bio" page for details.
New Art Pieces, Garments, Links and Information added continually!
*~* See all eight Galleries - dozens of images *~*
Don't miss the Formal Evening Gown in Gallery 7.
NEW! See the "Bio" pages for VERY special upcoming events:
Japanese festivals, performances, art exhibits, etc.
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Welcome and thank you for visting!
Please browse through these pages for numerous images, details and information.
SITE INDEX: Home Page, Gallery 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, Artist Bio/Profile Page, Links Page.
TO NAVIGATE: The galleries are set up in order from 1 thru 8. From this "Home/Index" page, click on "Gallery 1" for that gallery. At the top of each Gallery page is a button labeled with the next "Gallery" number. This will take you thru each gallery, in numerical order. The last Gallery 8, has a button for "Bio" -Artist Profile. The Bio/Profile page has button for "Links". Use your back browser button to return to previous pages.
NOTE: Information on ordering is located on the "Bio" page.
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Each work is created individually by hand without machinery in the traditional Japanese method. This results in each piece being an original and one of a kind.
I hope you enjoy viewing them as much I as enjoy creating them. New items will be added often so check back!
Domo arigato! - Carol Gustavson
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KTEMA ES AEI [Greek]
A possession for all time: an artistic work of enduring value. -Thucydides
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Shibori is a traditional Japanese textile art dating back to the 8th century.
The artist first creates a design and then the cloth is stitched, bound, resisted, wrapped or gathered by hand. Any number of these methods are used on one piece and often involves a dozen different techniques. The cloth is then dyed in natural dyes such as indigo, bark, roots, leaves, insects or resins. For each color, dozens of steps have to be altered, re-stitched, gathered etc. and the complicated processes repeated from start to finish.
It is common for a kimono to take a year to complete! Should an error occur during the processes, the entire piece may be ruined and months of work lost.
A traditional shibori apprentice studies for thirteen years.
Shibori cannot be produced with machinery. It can only be created by hand utilizing numerous labor intensive processes.
However - the results produce stunning designs and beautiful colors unobtainable with synthetic dyes!
Shibori is rarely produced anymore, even in Japan.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Alumni Association, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago Textile Society
Japan America Society
Surface Design Association
Fujima Shunojo School of Japanese Classical Dance; performer and student
Textile Museum
American Craft Council
EA of Hawaii, Traditional Hawaiian Quilt Association
For further information on the artist, click the "BIO" button located at top page of Gallery 7.
Please note: All graphics and text copyrighted 1999-2005. All rights reserved. No portions may be reproduced for private or public use without express written consent of copyright holders.
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