Inspirations

“Artists who speak the language of shibori see Shibori patterns everywhere in nature.

The movement of tectonic plates produces mountains and ridges in a huge shibori process taking place over millions of years. Like dye in shibori, time is the force in nature that records the process of change. The flat, two dimensional surface of sand is manipulated by the force of wind to form ripples, creating a three-dimensional textured surface. The varying weight and shape of grains create ripple surfaces in the field. similarly, the dyer imprints the action on the cloth – folding, manipulating, interacting with the material to produce patterns and textures… resist patterns can be found everywhere, and created by sunlight or by rain – in a pale swimsuit shape on a tan body… an all-too-direct reminder of how closely related are art and life, and art and death.”

-Yoshiko Wada