Stitched Shibori: Technique, innovation, pattern, design

Great book on Shibori, in depth information , excellent resource from a master shibori artist

This is a very comprehensive book that will appeal to aficionados and practitioners of stitch resist techniques at all levels. Jane Callender has spent decades learning, practicing and perfecting the techniques of shibori. This book focuses on stitch techniques--surface design created with needle, thread and dye pot--that can be used to reproduce classic Japanese, Indian, Indonesian, African and Chinese patterns. Or you can work in the way that Jane Callender has, learning how to create original patterns and designs.Yes, there's eye candy! But there is also excellent instruction. If you are a beginner, never fear. She instructs you in fabric preparation, show you how to tie knots and pull up threads. Then she takes you through many possible variations of mokume shibori, working with single layers, curves, folds and pleats to create repeat patterns. There's oversewing, binding, capping, working with double needles, shapes on folds and this leads to instruction on motif development. Grids can be used for stitching, folding, working with double layers. Machined resists of many variations are illustrated and discussed. Patterns become more interesting with folding, pleating, wrapping, capping. The latter one-third of the book is devoted to dye techniques and pattern development. Make no mistake about it--this is the book would-be shibori practitioners have been waiting for since the publication in 1983 of Yoshiko Wada's "Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing" and it is much more helpful from a practical standpoint than the follow on book that Wada wrote, "Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now". It is also more comprehensive than Mandy Southan's "Shibori: Design and Techniques" or Janice Gunner's "Shibori for Textile Artists," both of which are good books in their own right. Highly recommended.

Lots of techniques, easy to understand . It was recommended by a natural dye instructor.

I got addicted to dying fabric last year. I started experimenting patterns with the help of Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing the past summer. A great book going over vary traditional Shibori but the problem the tools and methods wer too ancient and hard to find and instructions overly explanatory.This book takes what I learned from that book to the next level going far more in-depth with good clear simple instructions and shows many different variations of the patterns. I love all the pictures they really show how far some stitching can go. I cant wait to show this book and what I did with it to my fashion teachers in the spring semester.

The most comprehensive shibori reference I have ever seen in my life. This is the book to purchase and read, re-read, and memorise if you're interested in truly mastering shibori. I am blown away by the depth of knowledge the author has, as well as the clarity in which she instructs. Excellent colour photographs describe visually certain techniques and adjustments necessary to achieve different results, and a selection of her more daunting project accomplishments in the back gallery section will inspire new and advanced fibre artists alike with their beauty. If you can only afford one text on shibori, this is the one to get. I cannot recommend it highly enough and only wish I'd found it sooner!

This book give a lot of instructions on how to do Shibori. It is well written and has lots of pictures. It is easy to follow with hints on dying and sewing. Probably one of the best out there.

This is an excellent reference for people who are intermediate to advanced shibori stitchers. It does not really cover other types of shibori, only stitched varieties. You need to have a good background in shibori, sewing, and dyeing techniques for this book to make sense. It's a great addition for teachers of shibori, though. It is valuable in its field for its completeness and clarity. Beautiful examples, too!

I'm so glad I decided to get this book! As soon as I saw it was an entire book on my favorite technique, I impulsively bought it and immediately worried that it might not be worth it. Then it got here and I was instantly reassured flipping through it. It just has so much more than I expected, including a section in the back on using natural dyes and setting up indigo vats and suchlike. I want to go through this book and try all the techniques shown, like a textbook! There are some really amazing stitched-resist pieces in this book; this is the first shibori book I felt like was worth owning outside of Yoshiko Wada's shibori book!