A step-by-step look at the rōbuse method of Japanese roketsu-zome wax-resist dyeing, from design and wax application through layered dyeing, wax removal, and completion. This is a remastered version of an earlier making record.
Morning glories bring back memories of my hardworking father. From those memories I drew a motif and challenged myself to use a canting for batik, despite finding the tool difficult.
I struggled with freehand drawing in my first wax-resist dyeing assignment and eventually chose the East Asian hōsōge floral motif for a 40 × 100 cm cloth.
A decorative metal fitting at Nijo Castle inspired a pattern that was gradually transformed in CAD and developed into a stencil for textile dyeing.