| Rozome (pronounced row-zoh-may) is an ancient | | | | to fifteen artisans were assigned to a specific task by |
| wax-resist technique of applying molten wax to a | | | | the master kimono designer. Eventually, the kobo |
| fabric to block out areas that would resist dyes. | | | | creations of several artisans made way to individual |
| Rozome has a documented history that dates back | | | | artistic expression and used as a technique for |
| 2500 years. In 1875, wax-resist cloths dating back to | | | | two-dimensional art. |
| the seventh century BCE (Before Common Era) were | | | | Today, American artists have adopted rozome as a |
| discovered in burial mounds on the north coast of the | | | | method of expressing their art using textiles, dyes and |
| Black Sea | | | | wax to create three dimensional renderings, paintings |
| Wax-resist dyeing was seen in Japan in the seventh | | | | and smaller media such as artistic cards for greeting |
| century CE (Common Era). The technique migrated | | | | cards. Rozome has become a popular technique for |
| across Asia through China to Japan where the | | | | contemporary fiber artists of all ages and types. |
| process became known as, rozome. About the same | | | | These days, artists have traded the old method of |
| time, the technique moved southward to India and | | | | removing the wax through dry cleaning which uses |
| Indonesia where it become known as, batik. | | | | dangerous chemicals for the more environmentally |
| In ancient Japan, rozome was used to design intricate | | | | safer, soy wax. It is using traditional rozome with a |
| patterns of brilliant colors for kimonos. The cloth for a | | | | contemporary twist. |
| kimono was created in a kobo, a workshop where up | | | | |