Itajime Shibori typically involves concertina folding and then clamping to create kaleidoscopic honeycomb patterns but my approach is to inject the dyes directly into the silk parcels, which gives a lovely colour distribution.

The process involves a type of Shibori folding technique called “Kikko folding”, with the silk being pressed with the iron to form equilateral triangles.

Quality silk dyes are injected into the parcels using a pipette.

The resulting folded silk parcels are then steamed to fix the colour.

They are really enjoyable to make as the resulting pattern doesn’t reveal itself until you unwrap the steamed parcels!

Colourway: All the colours