59 Katazome: Indian style peonies, late nineteenth century, indigo dyed cotton and charcoal based dye
13 x 19 inches
$85
60 Katazome: loose, curved hexagons and stylized 8 pointed flowers, indigo dyed cotton and ochre
14 x 40 inches
$105
61 Katazome: Indian style flower pattern, late nineteenth century, indigo dyed cotton, ochre and charcoal based dye
12.5 x 64 inches
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62 Katazome: chrysanthemum and arabesque, late nineteenth century, indigo dyed cotton, ochre and charcoal based dye
12 x 60 inches
$110
63 Katazome: chrysanthemum and arabesque, late nineteenth century, indigo dyed cotton, ochre and charcoal based dye
12 x 60 inches
$110
64 Katazome: chrysanthemum, crane and arabesque, late nineteenth, early twentiethcentury, indigo dyed cotton with iron oxide dye
13 x 70 inches
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65 Katazome: chrysanthemum, crane and arabesque, late nineteenth, early twentiethcentury, indigo dyed cotton with iron oxide dye
14 x 70 inches
$95
66 Katazome: chrysanthemum, crane and arabesque, late nineteenth, early twentiethcentury, indigo dyed cotton with iron oxide dye
13.5 x 70 inches
$95
67 Katazome: chrysanthemum and arabesque, late nineteenth, early twentieth century, indigo dyed cotton with iron oxide dye
13.25 x 34 inches
$80
68 Katazome: chrysanthemum, hexagon and arabesque, late nineteenth, early twentieth century, indigo dyed cotton with ochre
13 x 34 inches
$80
Katazome
Katazome is a resist dye technique in which a paste of rice flour and bran is applied to cloth through a hand cut paper stencil: dye will not penetrate the areas on the cloth where the paste has been applied, thus creating a pattern.
Dyes can be applied using an immersion method, by hand tinting, or by a combination of these applications, depending on the complexity of the desired effect. If the cloth is to be seen from both sides or if the artisan would like to achieve a crisp, high-contrast effect to the pattern, the application of rice paste through a stencil is applied to both sides of a cloth, requiring an amazing technical skill for exact registration of the stencil on front and back.
