夾纈:中國土布系列 / Jiaxie: Zhongguo tubù xilie [= Jiaxie: Chinese homecloth series] [Cover title] Hansheng vol. 108

[Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1997]. 4to, pp. 100; text in Traditional Chinese; text illustrations throughout, showing the process of cloth making and examples of cloth both modern and ancient; pictorial paper wrappers, bound double leaf style. Fine. Hansheng Magazine was an award winning project, dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with each issue. It was founded in 1971 as the English magazine ECHO before shifting towards the Chinese-speaking audience and focused on preserving folk art, research, and high production values. Jiaxie is a method of resist dying via the use of clamps. The process is one of the earliest methods of dying in China and the results are symetrical and intricate. Item #63553

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