Hand-Dyed Noren: Crane & Turtle

A natural-dyed noren room divider handcrafted by textile designer Toyokazu Ono of Yotsume Dye House. Based in southern Japan, Ono specializes in katazome, a traditional and labor-intensive process of dying that involves a single stencil made from Japanese paper, rice paste to resist dye and multiple steps of drying, immersing and brushing on the natural pigment.  This motif is made from a combination of katazome and tsutsugaki, a technique that involves free-hand drawing with rice paste in order to resist dye. The original design is based on Tsuru-Kame, a good luck symbol in Japan that features a crane and turtle. Both are symbols of longevity as expressed in the proverb: a crane lives a thousand years and a turtle ten thousand years. The design is made from a combination of katazome and  Details: Designer: Toyokazu Ono Dimensions: roughly W35" x H40" (88cm x 100cm) Technique: katazome and tsutsugaki Material: 100% natural hemp Made in Oita, Japan About: Yotsume Dye Studio was esta