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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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Ikat
Ikat is a resist-dyeing and weaving method in which bundles of warp yarns, weft yarns, or both are bound and dyed before the cloth is woven. Careful alignment during weaving forms motifs, while small shifts between dyed yarns often produce the technique’s characteristic feathered or blurred edges. Distinct ikat traditions developed in regions including Central and Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and...
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