Nui Project 1: Shishū no Harime (Embroidery Stitches) (JP/EN) shibori Technique: Mokume Shibori - Created

Technique: Mokume Shibori - Created from parallel running stitches along the weft gathered and scrunched to create a resist in a wood grain pattern

Extracting dyes from these plants vary according to regions and facilities

Hand pleated-resist & capped resist in bands in dyed in light and dark indigo

as it perseveres even in the face of bitter cold and is the first tree to bear flowers when spring approaches

beige and brown shades with sapote negro

Nui Project 1: Shishū no Harime (Embroidery Stitches) (JP/EN) shibori Technique: Mokume Shibori - CreatedThis rich visual catalog of outsider art features works by students of the Kobo Shobu creative art program at Shobu Gakuen, a facility for creative people with developmental disabilities. Through the Nui Project, the extraordinary talents of these individuals have become a powerful stimulus to art and creation of new textiles. Every aspect of both mental and physical activity, psychology and action, is designed to support self expression through the