4.28.2012

+ chusen Tenugui

Chusen is a traditional japanese dying method and Tenugui is simply ‘a piece of dyed cotton cloth’.


factory workshop , a photo by sillyhancox on Flickr.

+ Hiroko Takahashi is a artist and designer who makes moern kimonos. she works with exceptional craftsmen to achieve uniquely dyed fabric, using an ancient japanese technique called chusen.


Tenugui by HIROCOLEDGE use the traditional dyeing method called “chusen,” where you pour the dye over the fabric.

Hiroko is actively involved in the manufacturing, and she even dyes some of the fabrics herself.
http://pingmag.jp/2008/12/12/hirocoledge/


+ this site illustrates the entire process in a factory in japan

http://spacetothinkdesign.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/the-making-of-‘chusen’-tenugui/