Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Ikat: Derive the repeat unit backwards from the width of the cloth.
- Type
- Set in Ikat's manner (Use simple, large letterforms that hold up against the bleed.), and let Meisen Kimono's lettering (Let pattern speak instead of letters, the name kept on a small tag) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Ikat's material (Dye at the thread stage and weave without correcting the shift.); bring in exactly one thing from Meisen Kimono (Chemical dyes on a stencil printed warp, keeping the blurred kasuri edge).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Ikat Imitating the bleed in print will not produce the history of the thread. The order of the process is the meaning of the pattern.
- Meisen Kimono Chasing a crisp register kills the blur that kasuri gives, and the cloth drifts toward being an ordinary large scale print.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Ikat (Technique, ancient–) and its accent from Meisen Kimono (Style, 1900s–1950s). Structural cues: Pattern edges where the outline bleeds; Warp and weft dyed separately; Calculated placement of color; Wavering caused by shifts in the weave. Accent cues, used sparingly: Large abstract patterns; Vivid chemical dyes; Blurred kasuri edges; Everyday experimentation. Composition: Derive the repeat unit backwards from the width of the cloth.. Type and lettering: Use simple, large letterforms that hold up against the bleed.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Chemical dyes on a stencil printed warp, keeping the blurred kasuri edge. Mood: Intimacy, Technology, Nostalgia, Play, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Ikat ancient– / Technique / Textile Traditions
A technique in which the threads are bound and dyed before weaving, calculated so that the pattern appears only once the cloth is woven. A slight shift of the threads blurs the outline, and that wavering is the fingerprint of ikat. Design and chance live in the same process.
- Meisen Kimono 1900s–1950s / Style / Fashion History
A popular kimono that carried bold abstract patterns and the bright colors of chemical dye on a cheap ikat technique. It was a Japanese modernism, translating Deco and the avant-garde into everyday dress.
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