Yoshiko Wada - Böcker

BORO: Nödens konst handlar om idérikedom sprungen ur brist. Om spår av historia och minnen i lappade och lagade tyger. Den beskriver en japansk textilkultur där minsta tygbit togs till vara på och där kreationer av sparsamhet gick i arv, generatio...

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Potential for creating designs in textiles can be seen even in the physical properties of cloth. The simple fact that cloth tightly compressed into wrinkles or folds resists the penetration of dye is an opportunity-an opportunity to let the plianc...

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Shibori is infinitely more than the tie-dye that became well known in the late 1960s. Shaped-resist dyeing techniques have been done for centuries in every corner of the world. Yet more than half of the known techniques-in which cloth is in some w...

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Boro: The Art of Necessity tells the story of artistry born from hardship. It traces history and memories through patched and mended fabrics - a Japanese textile culture where no scrap of material is wasted, and where economical creations were pas...

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