Further reaserchings into the Shibori Technique

To continue my research into Shibori i began looking for artists or designers who had incorporated the technique into their own designs and came across Michelle Griffiths who is a professional artist and teacher, living in South Wales. she is also the world Shibori Network representative for UK/Ireland. in her work she explores the natural rhythm of traditional shabori techniques to create modern 3D sculptures, working in predominately whites and creams to create purely textural forms.
 Griffiths came across the techniques and became inspired by the techniques whilst in Japan as part of her mature scholarship studies in embroidery.
she was immediately fascinated with how the techniques had become second nature to the artists preparing the sculptures and they didn't need to look at what they were doing anymore, but also the fascinating shapes that could be developed through the technique.

below are a few more interesting design produced by Griffith using the shibori technique and various objects.

this process appeals to me for this project as it would create some interesting 3D textural detailing within the fabrics of the garment and could be achieved fairly easily, i could also experiment with lots of different objects to further develop my ideas and the results are similar to some of the details form the fish and under sea life so would work well with my designs however i wish to sample this technique further to see if the results would work and be use able within my garment designs.