Gardens
Katazome narrative garments inspired by Hieronymus Bosch
The Inspiration
Hieronymus Bosch's piece, The Garden of Earthly Delights is the inspiration for this collection of garments. The triptych painting depicts scenes from the bible leading up to judgment day. The garments below take inspiration from these scenes.
Katazome Dyeing
Katazome is a traditional Japanese form of resist dyeing. A rice paste is applied to a cloth with a stencil, set to dry, and dyed with indigo. When the piece is washed, the areas with the rice paste are left undyed.
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Piece 1 : The Garden of Eden
Inspired by the first panel of the triptych, the stencils detail the Garden of Eden, before earth is consumed in sin. The piece is broken down into three elements: nature, animals, and the characters of the bible.
Mountains and plants
Process
These stencils were made in illustrator, cut out using a laser cutter onto a waterproof paper. Once cut out, the heated rice paste was applied to the fabric through the stencil, and dyed with indigo.
Animals and the fountain
Adam, Eve, and Jesus
Heating the rice paste
Stretching the fabric
Dyed and hung
Piece 1 : Final Design
The stencil was mirrored on one vertical piece of fabric and sewn to create a stole. Stoles are traditionally worn as a liturgical vestment. This design was chosen to play off the religious subject matter of the scene.
Piece 2 : Earth Before the Flood
Taking inspiration from the middle panel of Bosch's triptych, these stencils break down the piece into four scenes: architecture, animals, birds, and humans. They explore excess, chaos, and group interaction.
Process
These stencils were applied to pieces of fabric cut from a pattern and sewn together to create a final wearable jacket.
Cut pieces, stretched and applied with paste
Dip dyeing pieces in indigo
Back panel
Sleeve
Front panel
Dyed pieces ready to be sewn
Piece 2 : Final Design
The finished scenes of earth before the flood were sewn into a wearable jacket. Together, the two pieces were put on display at Social Fabrics Gallery in Bellingham, WA in a student textile showcase.
