Tsutsugaki
Japanese tsutsugaki folk textiles are renowned for their bold, traditional, auspicious and life-affirming pictorial motifs. Throughout rural Japan, tsutsugaki pieces were made by commoners for use by their fellow commoners. Rural folk commissioned tsutsugaki craftsmen to create depictions of dramatic and propitious motifs on indigo resist-paste dyed cotton or hemp cloth as a way of conveying unspoken meaning and significance to important life, religious and cultural celebrations...continue reading...
The Art of Japanese Tsutsugaki
