Obi Sash of Kasuri "Shaking the Leaves"
Sonoko Tetsuya
1957 -- Textiles
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About the Artwork
I expressed the wind blowing through while shaking the leaves of the trees in the forest by moving around the patterns woven with kasuri thread dyed in 3 different shades of green.
Description
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CategoryTextiles
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MaterialsSilk
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RarityUnique
Techniques Used
Kasuri weaving
Kasuri weaving (kasuriori, “blurred weave”) is a type of ikat weaving done with threads that have been resist dyed, leaving sections of the thread undyed. The threads are then aligned and woven to create stripes, checkered patterns, or pictorial motifs.
