Unique Couture hand-fan, silk dyed by the Kyoto Shibori Bikyo atelier. Ebony wood frame.
Handcrafted in Japan and France.
Available upon request.
Inspiration
The Kyoto Shibori Bikyo atelier (founded in 1937) perpetuates the art of shibori, an ancestral tie and dye technique.
The thread embraces the fabric to give rise—through the pressure of knots and subtle variations in color—to singular patterns. The Kyo Kanoko Shibori technique is distinguished by the fineness of its knots and the brilliance of its hues.
Know How
This exceptional fan has undergone different stages of creation.
In Kyoto, the placement of the patterns was first drawn on paper, then transposed into stencil form. As minute knots were tied into the silk at the indicated points, the areas intended to remain white were carefully protected. Three successive dyeing stages then revealed the fabric’s captivating shades of blue.
Leaving Japan for France, the dyed silk was stiffened by Duvelleroy— taking meticulous care to preserve the subtle gradation of tones—then pleated before being fixed, stick by stick, to the ebony mouchoir frame.
Materials
Silk dyed by the Kyoto Shibori Bikyo atelier.
Ebony wood sticks from Central Africa, shaped by a master tabletier in Spain.
Height: 9.7 inches
Span: 17.3 inches
