A handmade garlic motif noren doorway curtain made from handwoven natural ramie fabric and dyed with plant-based color.
This piece features a garlic motif created through a traditional Katazome paste-resist dyeing process. A rice-based resist paste is carefully applied over the pattern before the fabric is dipped, dyed, and dried. After the dyeing process is complete, the paste is removed by hand, revealing the soft light motif against the plant-dyed ground.
Each color is created with plant-based dye and carries its own tone and mood:
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
The fabric is handwoven ramie, also known as Xia Bu, a traditional natural textile known for its strength, breathability, and crisp structure. Ramie fiber is stronger than linen, giving the noren a more structured body and architectural drape rather than a soft, collapsed look. The open weave allows light and air to pass through gently while still creating a sense of privacy and separation.
You may notice uneven weave, slubs, subtle texture variation, and small irregularities on the fabric surface. These are part of the handmade character of handwoven ramie textile and should not be considered flaws.
When hung in a doorway, this noren works as a soft divider between spaces. It helps slow and soften airflow while remaining breathable. It can also gently filter light and offer visual privacy without fully closing off the room.
This piece can be used for a doorway, bathroom door, hallway end, room entrance, closet opening, kitchen entrance, retail doorway, or as a decorative textile layer in the home. Its quiet garlic motif, plant-dyed color, and handwoven texture bring a calm, rustic, wabi-sabi feeling to the space.
Details:
Handmade noren doorway curtain
Handwoven natural ramie Xia Bu fabric
Plant-dyed color options
Traditional Katazome paste-resist garlic motif
Size: 28.5” W x 57” L
Two-panel split design
Breathable, semi-sheer texture
Structured fabric body, not a soft floppy curtain
Each piece has natural variations in color, weave, motif edge, and surface texture
Color Options:
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
Care:
Keep away from open flame and high heat.
Professional dry clean only.
Do not machine wash or tumble dry.
Do not scrub, hand-rub aggressively, or use chemical detergents.
For daily care, a neutral disinfecting fabric spray may be used.
Ironing is allowed on a gentle setting.
Please note:
Because this piece is handmade, handwoven, plant-dyed, and created through a traditional Katazome paste-resist process, slight variations in color, weave, texture, motif placement, and resist edges are expected. Each curtain is one of a kind.
The fabric is woven on a traditional narrow loom. Due to the limitations and natural rhythm of old-style hand weaving, the side edges may not be perfectly straight, and slight waviness or unevenness along the edges can occur. These are normal characteristics of handmade ramie textile and should not be considered flaws.
A handmade garlic motif noren doorway curtain made from handwoven natural ramie fabric and dyed with plant-based color.
This piece features a garlic motif created through a traditional Katazome paste-resist dyeing process. A rice-based resist paste is carefully applied over the pattern before the fabric is dipped, dyed, and dried. After the dyeing process is complete, the paste is removed by hand, revealing the soft light motif against the plant-dyed ground.
Each color is created with plant-based dye and carries its own tone and mood:
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
The fabric is handwoven ramie, also known as Xia Bu, a traditional natural textile known for its strength, breathability, and crisp structure. Ramie fiber is stronger than linen, giving the noren a more structured body and architectural drape rather than a soft, collapsed look. The open weave allows light and air to pass through gently while still creating a sense of privacy and separation.
You may notice uneven weave, slubs, subtle texture variation, and small irregularities on the fabric surface. These are part of the handmade character of handwoven ramie textile and should not be considered flaws.
When hung in a doorway, this noren works as a soft divider between spaces. It helps slow and soften airflow while remaining breathable. It can also gently filter light and offer visual privacy without fully closing off the room.
This piece can be used for a doorway, bathroom door, hallway end, room entrance, closet opening, kitchen entrance, retail doorway, or as a decorative textile layer in the home. Its quiet garlic motif, plant-dyed color, and handwoven texture bring a calm, rustic, wabi-sabi feeling to the space.
Details:
Handmade noren doorway curtain
Handwoven natural ramie Xia Bu fabric
Plant-dyed color options
Traditional Katazome paste-resist garlic motif
Size: 28.5” W x 57” L
Two-panel split design
Breathable, semi-sheer texture
Structured fabric body, not a soft floppy curtain
Each piece has natural variations in color, weave, motif edge, and surface texture
Color Options:
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
Care:
Keep away from open flame and high heat.
Professional dry clean only.
Do not machine wash or tumble dry.
Do not scrub, hand-rub aggressively, or use chemical detergents.
For daily care, a neutral disinfecting fabric spray may be used.
Ironing is allowed on a gentle setting.
Please note:
Because this piece is handmade, handwoven, plant-dyed, and created through a traditional Katazome paste-resist process, slight variations in color, weave, texture, motif placement, and resist edges are expected. Each curtain is one of a kind.
The fabric is woven on a traditional narrow loom. Due to the limitations and natural rhythm of old-style hand weaving, the side edges may not be perfectly straight, and slight waviness or unevenness along the edges can occur. These are normal characteristics of handmade ramie textile and should not be considered flaws.
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