Sashiko
Sashiko is a family of Japanese running-stitch practices used to reinforce, quilt, join, repair, and decorate cloth.
Traditional Arts
Kasuri
Kasuri is Japanese yarn-resist patterning in which selected warp or weft threads are dyed before weaving and aligned to form motifs in the cloth.
Nishijin-ori
Nishijin-ori is the collective name for diverse pre-dyed figured textiles produced through Kyoto’s specialised Nishijin weaving network.
Yūzen Dyeing
Yūzen is a family of pictorial paste-resist dyeing methods used especially for Japanese kimono, combining fine outlines with separately applied colours.
Shibori
Shibori is a family of Japanese resist-dyeing techniques that shape, bind, stitch, fold, or compress cloth before it is dyed.
Japanese Textile Arts
Japanese textile arts encompass regional traditions of fibre preparation, weaving, resist dyeing, painting, embroidery, quilting, and the making of clothing and interiors.