Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Language of Resist Dyeing Summary Introduction Farnham School of Art: a pedagogy in resist dyeing Contributions to knowledge: an international perspective The emergence of a visual and sensory language Emotive language Performative language Poetic language The space and place of resist dyeing Narrative language: emotional connections The language of intangible cultural heritage 2. Movement, Motion and Time: The Formation of Practice Summary Introduction The domestic space: routes and pathways to making From domestic workshop to professional studio Material flow: paste and wax Pattern, rhythm and repeat Rhythms of resist: 'blueprint' Rhythms of shibori: cultural connections Rhythms of Mashiko: a personal narrative Movement, motion and time in practice 3. Process as Performance: Repetition, Ritual, Gesture Summary Introduction Resist dyeing as bodily action Observers of material flow Chiyoko Tanaka Performativity as material transformation The subliming vessel Performativity as physical and emotional experience Space Shifters Performativity in practice 4. Material as Metaphor: Colour as Stuff Summary Introduction Indigo as substance Indigo as pigment Colour as stuff Indigo: burnishing and polishing Vantablack Minerals and matter as 'place' Mud: the passage of time Colour as stuff in practice 5. Theatres of Making: Space and Place Summary Introduction Sites of practice: Kyoto Sites of practice: Steinberg Mashiko: Higeta Aizome Kobo Tokyo: Edo Komon Pu´chov: the Trnka workshop Hranovnica: a hiatus in time New technologies, new interpretations Homme Plisse´ Issey Miyake Arimatsu: the Harisho workshop Memories of place Space and place: practice in transition 6. The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Resist Dyeing Summary Introduction 'Blueprint': a hybrid of heritage The role of contemporary practice Signs of the past, signposts to the future Poetic language in dye and cloth Reiko Sudo: in search of ton-byan The personification of intangible cultural heritage Networks and meshworks Creative agency through practice Conclusion Performance and performativity Metaphorical interpretation The relationship between theory and practice Towards a new definition for intangible cultural heritage Future Research Bibliography Index.