Japanese Textile Workshops 　日本のテキスタイル　ワークショップ

Living in a small mountain village just outside of Tokyo, I grow a crop of indigo every year and process the leaves into dye using traditional methods. I also breed silk moths, raise the silkworms and then reel/spin the silk from the cocoons. The silk is then dyed with natural dyes and finally woven on traditional Japanese looms. I run several ten-day live-in workshops a year at the old farmhouse here in Japan focusing on the Japanese use of indigo. Contact me for information.

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Blog Follower Visits

I was lucky that Nat http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/ and her good friend Ayako were able to spare a day and make it out to my house after the silk tour in Japan was over. The indigo was in good condition and we never shut up the entire day. ( I noticed she posted a similar picture on her blog only seconds ago.) Thank you for the kind words Nat. I hope we meet again.