Japanese Stencils [010]

Title Japanese Stencils [010]
Photo Number Box 59, Japanese Stencil Cutting, 14
Description Photograph of Japanese stencil cutter at work
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Men--Japan--Photographs; Artists--Japan--Photographs; Implements, utensils, etc.--Japan--Photographs; Artists' tools--Japan--Photographs; Katazome--Japan--Photographs; Resist-dyed textiles--Japan--Photographs; Stencil work--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Art
Keywords Arts and crafts; Arts & crafts; Katagami
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Japan
Caption on Slide "In thrust-carving, the tip of the knife penetrates the paper over a small hole in a cutting board. Kimura Takashi moves the blade up and down through the paper with the cutting edge facing away from him."
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Image can also be found in: Carved Paper: The Art of Japanese Stencil by Susanna Kuo, p. 69. Note: "Katagami...or Ise-katagami is the Japanese art of making paper stencils [to be used in the process of putting designs on textiles]. The art is traditionally centered around the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture. Multiple layers of thin washi paper are bonded with a glue extracted from persimmon, which makes a strong flexible brown colored paper. The paper is cut with a combination of knives and punches."--Wikipedia. Note: "Katazome...is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Kimura Takashi moves the blade up & down, thrust carving facing away from the carver, the tip of the knife penetrates the paper over a sm. hole in a cutting board"
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6f76whq
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340291
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f76whq
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