Different ways I folded my fabrics

These are different ways I folded my experiment fabrics.
The requirements which I was used were strings, threads and rubber bands.




Because I wanted the dye to coloured and stay in the fabric I have used cotton instead of organza cause organza fabrics do not hold dyes well, as it will not stick. However because Organza fabrics are very soft and shinny, leaving it for the colours to show very vibrant I have decided that I could also be using this material but for the top.

I fold this first cotton fabric like a accordion. Folded it again in the other direction like an accordion. I then put on the table, and began to bind it together with strings at first.

Using strings or rubber bands cab stop the dye from going inside the area you have covered. The larger the shape and the more rubber bands you used, the more white you will be able to see. The smaller the shape and fewer rubber bands or strings, the more the indigo you will be able to see.


This technique is called Arashi which is Japanese and the meaning is; "storm." It is well know as the pole-wrapping technique. I did this by folding my fabric in half and then folded it again but this time diagonal like the image at the left side. After that I added rubber bands.

This technique was used for my final piece.







Instead of wrapping the fabric around a twin, pipe, I wrapped it on a plastic bottle about 6-7 on the bottle, scrunched the fabric down then wrapped both rubber bands and strings on it to keep it tight. Tightening before scrunching will it very hard to control and move the fabric.







I carried on wrapping, scrunching and tightening the fabric above while adding the rubber bands first then the strings. The pattern will be on a diagonal with thin lines of white, where the bottle is binding the fabric.

Kumo shibori is know as the pleat and bind technique. It involves binding the fabric in very close sections, which results in several spider like designs. It is just one of many ways to experiment with this technique. You should start by folding the fabric into an accordion. Pinch and bind into equal sections. 

So the exact same thing with the opposite side, in staggered sections. Carry on binding with rubber bands, working your way towards the center.






Carry on bind the fabric with rubber bands or strings till you can not go any further. This was one of my favorite technique I used mostly.


















http://honestlywtf.com/diy/shibori-diy/
http://artcraftdesignreferencesite.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/tie-dye-designs-patterns-colors.html