ENTWINEMENTS

I'm always suprised at a show when some one says to me that there is "nothing else like this here". I just walked down the same aisle and saw every other wearable booth with shibori. My conclusion is that they only see the pleats and haven't a clue that even a lot of tie dyed T-shirts are pleated while they are being dyed.

Most shibori is done to create patterning on the cloth. I do my share of it, as you may have seen in the stingray dress. Here are a few examples of interesting patterning crated using arashi shibori, the same pole wrapping technique I use.

This one I found on Sophie Junction's blog. It looks like the black was discharged and only part of it at that.

that was made by DanteSpirit. This one was dyed and over-dyed.

One point I'd like to make is that the same technique that makes beautiful pleats is different from what I think makes beautiful designs.