Ashima Shiraishi Instagram – Shibori w mom and friends🪁 🌱I’ve been fascinated by this form of textile art for quite some time but never took the initiative to experiment w it till this year. In a conversation w my mom about folk art in Japan, the topic of this ancient method of manual resist dying came up and her eyes instantly sparkled with excitement as she shared her story of working with dye in her youth. As a child to immigrant parents who are reserved in speaking of their past, i have a hazy idea of what they were like in their youth and the environment in which they grew up in. Anyways, I love how shibori became a catalyst to paint a more vivid picture of my mom’s past 🌿It felt extra special to learn some shibori techniques from my mom with dear friends💖 Some quotes I love from master dyer Fukumi Shimura: “I have received color without limit from the natural world in the years since I entered the dyer’s way. It has poured down on me endlessly, too much for this meager vessel to hold. Joyful as a child with a new set of paints, I have woven and woven yarn dyed by the grasses and trees”. “I don’t tell the acorn or gardenia seed pod or plum bar what color I want – I listen to the voice of the plants.” Hope I get the chance to practice and learn from the shibori masters in Japan soon 🎨