At Waza-no-Yakata, we were also given options of different shibori techniques to try. I decided to do the same murakumozome to compare the techniques. Here, I was instructed to scrunch the fabric and insert in plastic nets.
Here, the cycle is also 1min in, 1min out. After the first dip, it is already colored quite a bit. When it is outside, we keep the fabric in the net, or just let it lay in tied form. it is “good enough” for the oxidation process.
Here is the progress of dipping cycles. We did 7 cycles of 1min in, 1min out. We timed 1min simply by looking at the clock.
Afterwards, we took out the fabric from the net, or cut off the rubber bands and washed the fabric in water. Similar to the Ai-no-yakata, the fabric is first greenish, and gets extra blue in the water.
Here are the results. Of course these shibori patterns always come out differently. The blue is not as deep as the first workshop. Maybe this is because of the küpe age.
