Okinawa’s dyed and woven textile

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Process

1)The design is transferred to a thin piece of paper and then used as an underdrawing. Start cutting with the finer details
2)Reinforce stencils by sticking Sha (silk gauze)
3)Place rice-paste on the stencil for resist dyeing
4)Place colors where paste is not applied
5)Shade off colors with brush to add 3-dimensional impression
6)Cover dyed patterns with paste
7)Apply Gojiru (soya bean liquid) in order to prevent the color from blurring
8)Fix the color by steaming
9)Steam again to fix dye and pigment and wash with water

Uburu-gata
Patterns on background using Someji-gata and Hakuji-gata.

Someji-gata
Dye patterns and background with one paste placing

Kaeshi-gata
Dye with Hakuji-gata once, then dye background with covering the patterns with paste

Hakuji-gata
One paste placing, dyeing the patterns and only leaving the background white.