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SHIBORO SCUPTURAL FLOWERS 2-DAY WORKSHOP STAY TUNED FOR REGISTRATION LINK AND MORE DETAILS! Shibori techniques on silk Shibori has been a traditional way of dyeing kimono silks for 400 years in Japan. As modern methods replace traditional hand-crafts and craftspeople die out these skills are becoming rarer and the craftsmanship is being lost. This class leans heavily on the traditional and unchanged hand skills and dye methods that are intrinsic to authentic Japanese textile craft. Nevertheless modern style and applications will also be shown and we use modern equipment to speed up the process, so we can get a lot done in two days!! In this class for beginners Wendy Smith-Wood will introduce and develop three main traditional Shibori dyeing techniques: Arashi shibori (pole-winding) Winding silk on a pole and producing both flat and textured scarves. Itajime (block-resist) Using blocks to resist the dye in vats to produce repeated geometric patterns on silk pieces. Ori-Nui (sewn resist) Hand and machine sewing through multiple layers to produce elaborate repetitive designs on a piece of silk cloth (or scarf). |
Our Instructor: Wendy Smith-Wood
Retired mountaineer and musher, Smith-Wood sensei is a fiber artist living with her husband on an Alaskan homestead at Sheep Mountain close to the Matanuska glacier. She spent fifteen years as a mountain guide on the old silk routes in the Pamirs and Karakorum mountains, and climbing in the Himalayas, Atlas, Alps and Pyrenees. Each winter she traveled to Alaska to mush dogs in her favorite wilderness.
For the past 10 years she has worked as a textile artist specializing in Arashi Shibori. She produces exquisite ‘haute couture’ scarves and shawls. She also paints on silk for a short time each summer and is experimenting with sculptural Shibori wall-art .
Her work has been sold to Hollywood, state Senators, the Kennedys and many, many Alaskans who have supported her over the years. She winters in Central Florida near the Dojo.
PBS video on Wendy: https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/video/i-am-an-off-the-grid-artist-indie-alaska-gbcwvk/
Retired mountaineer and musher, Smith-Wood sensei is a fiber artist living with her husband on an Alaskan homestead at Sheep Mountain close to the Matanuska glacier. She spent fifteen years as a mountain guide on the old silk routes in the Pamirs and Karakorum mountains, and climbing in the Himalayas, Atlas, Alps and Pyrenees. Each winter she traveled to Alaska to mush dogs in her favorite wilderness.
For the past 10 years she has worked as a textile artist specializing in Arashi Shibori. She produces exquisite ‘haute couture’ scarves and shawls. She also paints on silk for a short time each summer and is experimenting with sculptural Shibori wall-art .
Her work has been sold to Hollywood, state Senators, the Kennedys and many, many Alaskans who have supported her over the years. She winters in Central Florida near the Dojo.
PBS video on Wendy: https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/video/i-am-an-off-the-grid-artist-indie-alaska-gbcwvk/
