The Challenge

Maki-age or stitch and bind is a very simple shibori technique.  The tools required to execute are simple; needle,thread and more thread or string to bind, dye.  It works on nearly all fabrics.  It works with dyes, discharge, devore.  The designs can be naive or sofisticated, the choice is the maker's.  A nice choice for a first ever shibori challenge here at ENTWINEMENTS.

All of you are invited to participate in the Maki-age Shibori Challenge this month, October 2007.   Make your own maki-age shibori piece and post it to the Maki-age Shibori Challenge Group at Flickr.  Start with white or natural fabric and make your own maki-age and then upload a picture here. You can share photos of the just the finished piece and/or of the process. Please tell us the size of the piece, the fiber and kind of dye used. The more information you share the richer the experience for all.

If you have any trouble joining the group email me at karrenatentwinementsATyahoo.com , you will have to change the AT to the symbol.  I'm trying to prevent spam.

 Maki-age or Stitch and Bind

Maki-age is Japanese and the translation that makes a lot of sense is pattern within a motif. This ia an accurate description of what you get with this technique.  Stitch and bind is a description of what you do.  I have shown how I made the motif above at Design Samples.  The basic steps are:

1. Stitch around the perimeter of a closed motif with strong thread.  Come out where you started.
2. Gather the cloth on the thread and tie off.  This will form a poof of cloth above the gathering stitches.
3. Bind the poof by wrapping thread around it,  Tie and trim the thread.
4. Soak the bound cloth in water before dyeing.
5. Dye.

 Examples of Maki-age 

In my blog:

• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/09/makiage_shibori.html
  
• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/09/makiage_origami_shibori.html
• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/02/hydragena_inspired_jacket.html
• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/02/stitched_and_bound_motifs.html
• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/02/stitched_and_bound_motifs.html
• http://entwinements.com/blog-mt3/2007/02/more_testing.html
  

Other web sites:

http://picasaweb.google.com/piafish1/MakiageOrigamiShibori?authkey=9ULP2tj0qL8 

Rising Sun Imports

Peacock Imports 

square rose , ammonite  ,  mandala 1             mandala 2

 

 

If you know of more pictures of this techniques on the web please post the URL in the comments.