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Block printing

El block print es una técnica utilizada para crear patrones mediante el estampado de timbres de madera. Los timbres están previamente impregnados ya sea con mordiente concentrado, o con ácido suave que borra el mordiente preexistente en la tela. Esto crea un contraste positivo o negativo una vez expuesto al pigmento. Es un poco complicado porque la impresión sólo se revela mucho más tarde en el proceso, después de que el tinte se ha aplicado. Los timbres de madera que utilizo para la impresión en bloques provienen de una variedad de fuentes y países. De hecho, he sido dueña de muchos de ellos antes de ser iniciada a las alegrías de los tintes naturales: como objetos hablan de una artesanía que me encanta Un amiga ha traído algunos…

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A workshop with Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson is a rockstar of the design world. Along with his wife he teaches origami techniques and their link to geometry from kindergarten to design students and has written several reference books on folding and pleated techniques. He presents himself as a paper artist, paper engineer, writer and teacher. We where very lucky to have him come and enlighten us about the technique as well as the math behind them, in a workshop at Couleur Garance, organised by the newly created LEAF Luberon Paul was so pleased with the association of Shibori and Origami, that he decided to give it a name: Shiborigami The concepts: The dying: Some maths…. Some folding Paul happy with the works at end of the week-end: Some of my creations over the…

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Arimatsu Shibori, from tradition to innovation

Was very lucky to attend a workshop with Kuno Hiroaki organised by Couleur Garance. His enthusiasm about traditional indigo shibori and the way he envisions it’s transposition into a XXIe century sustainable and modern production is very inspiring. We trained in Te-Kumo shibori, and realised the unbelievable amount of work needed to create the patterns by this tying method onto a large (or long) piece of fabric… Kuno brought with him some very ancient textiles, some of them created with forgotten shibori techniques that made then real treasures! Endless inspiration…

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