Katazome Intensive Workshop

Summary

Duration: 6 hours (AM/PM)
Price: 20,000 JPY / person
Teacher: Morito Yamazaki

 

Katazome is a Japanese style traditional stencil dyeing. This full-day workshop is focusing on the basic method and theory of Katazome. Please answer the form, if you are interested.

 

 

 

Teacher - Morito Yamazaki

Mr. Yamazaki  is a professional botanical dyer and owner of a dyeing studio called "Kusakiya" located in Gunma prefecture. His grandfather was famous as a dyer who revived botanical dyeing in Japan and his Katazome works are very popular in Japan. If you are interested, please notify us through this Google Form.

 


 

Schedule

 

30 min - Introduction and Prepare
Introducing the teacher, the tools and the dyes. Then, the teacher will tell you how the workshop will be.

90 min - Carving the stencil paper
Four copies of the pattern are pasted onto four sheets of stencil, which are then carved into molds. You will learn how to carve the stencil by Mr.Yamazaki.

90 min - Making paste resist from rice

Learning what is paste resist and choosing stencils and mking Katanori including using steamers after his explaining the recipe of Katanori

90 min - Workshop of Katazome
Let's do putting paste resit on the stencil papers and fabric. While drying it, we will give you Q&A session and then we will dye the fabric with indigo. Finally, please wash it and remove the paste.


Please answer the form, if you are interested.
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