Thursday, February 14, 2008

NISHIJIN HIKIZURASHI KASURI

Nishijin hikizurashi kasuri is woven in the weaving district of Kyoto. The dyed warp is threaded through an unusual apparatus similar to a ladder (hashigo) that is mounted on the loom.

The warp is shifted by threading through the various levels of the ladder thus creating different patterns.





































The yarn doesn't hav
e
to be elaborately
tied or dyed.






The shifting can result in many different patterns.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Joan, thanks fo the wonderfully detailed post...the phots and sketch were also very informative!

Alinda said...

Oh my gosh! I was just stumbling around on the internet and found your book. Congratulations! I just ordered a copy. I can't wait to get it! I was a student of yours around 1990 I guess. I still have all of the books from your classes! It can be a small world sometimes.....
Best Wishes!
Alinda (Butz) Heron

:Diane said...

I did this shifting once by mistake. I wound the warp onto my folding Baby Wolf while it was folded and when it was woven the design was shifted at an angle every 8 threads - it was a straight draw.
Great effect.