Shibori Inspiration and Japanese Textile Resources to Get You Started

MATERIALS & INSTRUCTION

Jane Callendar Courses, resources, and supplies for shibori and indigo.

Maiwa Supplies and a vareity of courses for natural dyeing and working with indigo.

John Marshall Indigo workshops, consultation, and collectibles.

Yoshiko Wada/ Slow Fibers Studio Demonstrations, workshops and supplies for Shibori.

World Shibori Network Foundation Programs, tours, and education to promote and preserve Japanese shibori tradtiions. Hosts the International shibori Symposium.

A Threaded Needle Sashiko supplies, including Japanese cotton sewing fabrics.

A Twisted Picot Sashiko supplies, including needles, thread, fabric, stencils, and books.

BOOKS

Baumann, Caroline. Scraps: Fashion Textiles and Creative Reuse, New York, NY: Cooper Hewitt, 2016.

Briscoe, Susan. Sashiko 365 Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2025.

Briscoe, Susan. The Book Of Boro: Techniques and patterns inspired by traditional Japanese textiles, Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2020.

Briscoe, Susan. The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook, 20th Anniversary Limited Edition, Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2025.

Callender, Jane. Stitched Shibori, Turnbridge Wells, UK: Search Press, 2017

Cottman, Karl-Johan, editor. Boro: The Art of Necessity, Stockholm: Art and Theory Publishing, 2021

Koide, Yukiko; Kyoichi Tsuzuki, eds. English translation by Alfred Birnbaum. Boro: Rags and Tatters from The Far North of Japan. Tokyo: Japan, ASPECT Corp., 2009.

Yoshiko Wada, Mary Rice & Jane Barton. Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing, Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, 2012

Sashikonami, Colorful Sashiko, Turnbridge Wells, UK: Search Press, 2024.

Shibori silk scarf dyed by Holly Dumont. PieceWork, Summer 2026. Photo by Matt Graves