Black on Black - Voile Fundoshi Squared Part Two

Part Two - and I think we have come to know what that means. 

 The fundoshi, so carefully wrapped and twisted and tied becomes loose. 

The fundoshi no longer retains the ability to stay on the body. 

 The fundoshi slowly drops, gravity being what it is.

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Grey Sunburst Fundoshi - Up Close and Personal....

I decided to do a close-up set wearing this fundoshi primarily because of the subtle variation of color that happened during the discharge process.

Nothing fancy was done with lighting, it was kept as close to standard as is possible in a studio setting.

 No odd post-production was used either.

 Just a good old-fashioned normal shoot.

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Artsy Fundoshi Fartsy

Okay...Iʻm not going to say much here.....

I had the khaki cheesecloth fundoshi on...

The black backdrop was set up...

I had a stray length of sheer burgundy fabric...

This is the result...

Fundoshi In Red

This particular fabric is a modern batiste. Along with the cheesecloth, gauze, muslin, lawn and voile that have previously been discussed, the batiste is the thickest, so is not very sheer. This was not always the case in the history of this fabric. Historical batiste is what we are now calling organdy and is semi-sheer in nature. You can still find semi-sheer fabric marked as ʻbatisteʻ, but mostly, you will find a thicker weave.

This particular fabric came from fabric.com, my favorite online retailer of fabric. If you follow my tumblr feed, you have seen this fabric in one of the hotel room series. That series has an ʻundesignedʻ fundoshi.

In creating the design, some odd things occurred. The weave is so tight, it resisted being dampened. For this fundoshi, I kept the fabric dry, and the result puzzled me. 

 

I was doing one of my favorite designs - a strip down the center and at each side. Other fundoshi Iʻve done this design to have soft and subtle transitions. As you can see, this is not the case here. It reminds me of sound wave patterns.

For the shoot, I went with a white vinyl backdrop.

I played a bit by staying on the floor. I was trying to keep an even skin tone, but concentrate of some shadows. In my mind, I think I was trying to see how moody I could get the shoot while having a white background.

fundoshi…red with stripes that look like waveforms

fabric...100% cotton batiste

photography…directional lighting to create shadows....truth in advertising dictates I state I did use post-production techniques to amplify the look....

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Teal Fundoshi With A Twist

One of my favorite things - discovering new ways to manipulate the fabric to create a new design. I am using a 100% cotton voile in the color of teal for this fundoshi. Yes...a new color and design!

 




















I think of these little bursts as tiny super-novas...and here is how I did it.....
1.  The fabric is damp....this is a very important step to get the flow correct.

2.  I created twists all along the fabric in a random manner. 



3.  The discharge solution is placed at the tip of the twists.

There you have it....a very simple approach that results in these little bursts of energy!

I couldnʻt resist using a dark background and added a teal gel to some of the lighting.

The lighting does wash out my skin tone, but I do like the final look of the photos.

fundoshi…teal with a super-nova splash

fabric...100% cotton voile

photography…teal gel in the lighting to bring out the background color of the fundoshi. 

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Black on Black - Voile Fundoshi Squared

I know the first couple of shots donʻt tell the titleʻs story, but the white backdrop shows off the fundoshi design a little better than black. 

 





















I have used this fabric before and I wear fundoshi of the darker colors in voile often. It is lightweight and draws moisture away from the body, but does not stay moist at the same time. This is my go-to fabric for when I head out hiking.

For this design, I relied on my ever handy cookie cutters and outlined the square shapes. I then filled them in with a brush. I kept the fundoshi dry while applying the discharge to try to keep some of lines crisp.

For the shoot, I kept things quite dark. I used a single focal point on the lighting. The source was almost directly in front of my posing body, hoping to create a flat look when posing directly to the camera.

Of course, when moving away from the light source, I was hoping to get some nice shadows.

fundoshi…black with an alternating square pattern - look for another attempt at a fancy knot...

fabric...100% cotton voile

photography…a bit dim for the lighting, but I donʻt think it turned darkly moody like other shoots I have done

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