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Developed in the 1500's in Japan, KATAZOME is a dye technique using a paste of rice flours to resist the dye, much the way wax is used in Batik.
The rice paste is steamed, kneaded, and thinned with salt and lime to match the day's humidity. The paste is then spread through
an intricately cut mulberry paper stencil and dusted with sawdust to dry.
The subtle colors are obtained from the French dye-paints which are applied to the fabric in various layers and with a variety of techniques.
The dyes are reactive to the elements and the process is finished off by the fabric being stressed by exposure. The fabric is dried, cured, washed, dried and then cut and sewn. The colors range from the azure and turquoise of the Pacific Ocean's blues, to Maui's
ochre-stained soils, from charcoal lava flows to the rich hues of jungle tropicals.
Each day, a combination of the four elements, the brilliant tropical sun, passing showers and torrential downpours, the bracing salt air, and the balmy ion-rich tradewinds,
produce a unique result in the curing of the dye.
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SUN, RAIN, SALT & WIND is a dye technique developed by Claudia because of the unique reactive
properties of the French dye-paints.
