Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil

Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil by Susanna Campbell Kuo. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780834804104.

This is the first comprehensive book in English on Japanese stencils for textile dyeing. Stencils were created to lay down repetitive designs on long strips of fabric. This book traces how this craft became an art form on its own. Gorgeous reproductions complete the understanding of how this tool became as collectible and worthy of study as wood block prints. An end chapter expands on how this product of the textile process affected Americans personally and artistically. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, Calif., May-Aug., 1998 and the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., Sept.-Dec., 1998.