At our March meeting our speaker, Jane Stock, explained how Japanese Boro developed. She was able to show us many examples and how she has evolved her own style.
Boro has a long history and its use grew in the less affluent communities from necessity. They used and re-used textiles for clothes for warmth and economy. It involved putting layers of fabric over thin or damaged areas and securing them with simple stitching.
Jane explained the use of indigo dyes on cotton and jute fabrics; natural fibres that could be grown locally. She showed us fabric that she had dyed using "tie/dye" techniques to achieve different "depths" of colour and many differing patterns as well as printed areas.
Jane's work was varied and showed how she has experimented to produce her individual style.
Kathy Francis
Examples of her work
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