Mario Ayala and Dr. Mary Farahnakian, Department of Theatre and Media Arts
This exhibit will present historical factors that led to the development of various shibori methods including: Kanoko, Miura, Kimo, Nui, Arashi, and Itajime. This display will show the elegance, grandeur, and fashion that were developed through the textile designs by using the resist dying method. It is thought to believe that Suzuki Kanezo devised the shibori process in his desperation to aid his village as it was left behind to a modified age, as the railroads only passed through his village. This led Kanezo to develop shirokage, “white shadows” which is what we know as shibori.
This exhibit will illustrate fashion from the 19th century and will inspire both audience and designers with examples of shibori pieces through visual evidence and also through information regarding the development of shibori by Suzuki Kanezo. These examples will demonstrate the elegance, grandeur, and fashion of the art of shibori.
I plan to demonstrate this study through the use of a power point presentation, a 4’x6’ poster board, pictures capturing images of shibori techniques, the recipe of the dye for shibori technique, the progress pictures of the technique from A-Z, and an actual silk shibori garment that I designed in Dye and Paint class at BYU.