Shibori Hand Dyed Silk Scarves by Helen Bolland

Shibori is the Japanese word for resist dyeing. Shaped resist dyeing techniques have been done for centuries in all parts of the world, but more than half of the known techniques originated in Japan where it was used to pattern kimono fabric. Rather than treating cloth as a two-dimensional surface, with shibori it is given a three-dimensional form by pleating, gathering, clamping or twisting. The cloth is then secured in a variety of ways such as binding and knotting and then the cloth is dyed.