Arashi means "storm" in Japanese, and the technique leaves behind rippling lines that resemble moving water, rain, or shifting clouds. Β The fabric is bound around a pole, wrapped tight, reverse-dyed and then over-dyed so the color falls in wave-like diagonals β no two shirts ever break the same way.
Working with green pigment resulted in Mother Sea β all aquatic light and verdant depths, named for the cover of Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us. Β A best-seller since its publication in 1951, the bookβs mysterious cover art remained indelible in our young minds.
We dyed it alongside its sister, Dusklight, capturing the quiet transition between daylight and encroaching evening β soft violets, charcoal, and fading light suspended in motion.