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Shibori
Shibori is a group of Japanese resist-dyeing methods in which cloth is shaped or compressed before dyeing so that selected areas resist the color. Artisans may fold, stitch, bind, twist, clamp, or wrap fabric around a core, with each method producing characteristic patterns. The tradition has been practiced in Japan for centuries and encompasses numerous named regional and technical variations rat...
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Boro
Boro refers to Japanese textiles repeatedly repaired and reinforced with patches, often using indigo-dyed cotton and running stitches associated with sashiko. The practice developed among working-class and rural communities, particularly in northern Japan, where cloth was valuable and garments or household fabrics were reused across generations. Surviving boro textiles are studied as records of ma...
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