Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons.   Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and katazome is its complement – the traditional art of dyeing textiles using a resistant rice paste which is applied to the cloth, most often through the stencil. (The two don’t always come together of course, Katagami is sometimes simply used with inks on paper, and Katazome is occasionally applied freehand to fabric through a small tube.) The making of traditional … Continue reading History of Surface Design: Katagami & Katazome