Katazome, is a traditional Japanese textile dying process, that utilizes a resist paste, made from rice flour, that is passed through stencils onto fabric. Its a bit like Batik, but without the wax.
I have previously made stencils, using a cricut machine, to add fabric paint to denim jeans. See if you can spot the Dragon and chrysanthemum in the image below.
I used these stencils to apply the rice flour paste resist to my plain linen tote bag.
As you can see from the image, I have stuck the stencil down with masking tape and then used a scraper to smear the rice flour resist paste through the stencil and onto the linen tote bag. For a recipe for the rice flour resist paste, please refer to the following link: https://www.imprintcorner.com.au/katazometutorial/
Once the paste has been applied, the stencil can be removed and it doesn’t take long to dry, ready for dying.
The fabric can then be dyed; and I used indigo for mine. The resist paste comes off easily in the rinsing process. An easy Indigo is: https://www.imprintcorner.com.au/indigodye/
