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AXIS March/April 2000 Traditional Crafts Forms　　Kyoto Fine Shibori Dyeing(Kyo Kanoko Shibori)

Kazuyo KAWAMOTO pinches 1/8 inch dot and twists it and tyes it with silk thread.

A tiny knot is created in a few second.

Kazuyo KAWAMOTO, a third generation binder, started this job at her age of thirteen.

KAWAMOTO says no matter how hard she tries, she can bind only 100 sq inch in a day.

To be partly dyed is used this wooden tab.

Noriyuki MORISHITA shuts the tab with lid adjusting how much parts of fabric are extended out of the tab.

Akio NAKAMURA stenciles blue dots on a silk fabric.

Akio NAKAMURA, a planner and designer, cuts to make stencile paper according to his design.

The wooden tab is submerged in a dyeing cauldron.

The binding is broken without a tool.

This fabric has already dyed thrice, but needs same process of Somewake and dyeing five more times.

A whole Shibori Kimono.

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