Arimatsu, in central Japan, is the town that tie-dye built. Along its historic main street, fabric merchant houses have stood for centuries. When shopkeepers hang out their shingles here, the signs ...

Shibori, as a dyeing technique, has its roots in Japan and is not historically tied to India. The term "Shibori" comes from the Japanese verb "shiboru," which means to wring, squeeze, or press. It ...

For me, crafting is so much fun because it gives me an excuse to constantly learn new skills and put them to the test. Learning new skills is sometimes carefully arranged and planned out, but then ...

If you're looking for a new crafty challenge or a way to express your creativity, shibori is definitely worth exploring. Shibori is a way to create unique patterns and designs on fabric using resist ...

Move over, ugly Christmas sweaters, a new fashion is in town – shibori sweaters. The Japanese technique of shibori dyeing has been around for centuries, and its concept is very basic. Shibori is the ...

There are many ways creative ways to customise cloth. You might be familiar with tie-dye, a technique that involves tying fabric and dipping it into a vat of liquid pigment. There’s another approach, ...

With approximately one hour left in the three-hour shibori dyeing class, most of my classmates seemed happy with their sample pieces dyed in various patterns. Even with the samples done, I saw only ...

The meticulous resist-dyeing method called shibori originated in ancient Japan and has been trending in global fashion and interior design for several years now—spotted on rising UK fashion star Ulla ...