| Title |
Japanese Stencils [001] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 59, Japanese Stencil Cutting, 2 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| 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 |
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 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Japan |
| Description |
Photograph of tools used in the creation of Japanese stencils |
| Caption on Slide |
"Making a punch: Equipment for making punches and kiri drills includes a swage block (bottom), rods for bending the steel on the swage block, cold chisels, hammers, tin snips, files, and a bamboo pipe." |
| 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. 66. 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: "Tools for making punches & kiri drills including a swage block for shaping a blade of high carbon steel used used in the cutting tools" |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b85s34 |
| 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 |
340315 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b85s34 |
