Otani Chie created the abstract shapes on this textile with a wax-resist (rōzome) technique. She fir

Otani Chie created the abstract shapes on this textile with a wax-resist (rōzome) technique. She first covered select areas of the cotton fabric’s surface with molten wax to prevent them from absorbing dye. Then she dipped the piece in a dye vat and repeated the process to create each colored form.

See this textile in our installation “Kōgei: Art Craft Japan.”

“Pleasure in Land and Sea,” 1995, by Otani Chie © Otani Chie