Friday, 25 October 2013

Visiting Old Friends.

I hadn't really had a day off since the tsunami two and a half years ago. It had been non-stop work on the house and the new studio and workshops. It was heaven to go to Canada and have time walk and collect my thoughts as well as give my brain and body a break. The Maiwa workshops were a pleasure to teach.

Unfortunately, the flight back u-turned over the Pacific ocean and returned to Vancouver due to technical problems. After changing planes and flying back over to Japan....what seemed like three hundred hours in a stuffy plane, I got a bad airplane cold. Grrrrrr. Dreaded antibiotics seem to have made short work of it. I have guests arriving in a few days and I am looking forward to jumping into that with clear sinuses.

I met Jean and we had a blast in Victoria. As I snooped around her treasure-filled house I found a particular treasure made by a mutual blog friend. Velma.....what beautiful work. It looked sublime in the west coast sunrise.



Jean and I drank beer, hung around the kitchen table, smiled and looked around her weaving studio, walked around old graveyards, (Those always clear my head and work wonders for setting priorities.) went for the best Greek food ever. Of course she had to floor that Toyota to get me on the ferry to Saltspring Island because we didn't keep an eye on the clock but gabbed and gabbed and looked at all her great books.  Hope to see you in 2015 Jean.

bryan


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  1. Velma Bolyard25 October 2013 at 08:22

    aw, gee, feeling surprised and pleased you liked my book! i'm so glad you and jean had a great visit, and darn it about the cold. that's always my dread when flying with foreign (to me) microrganisms. once i ended up with pink eye in stockholm!

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    1. Bryan's Japanese Textiles25 October 2013 at 17:34

      The book is sublime. I wonder if they could make air travel a little more tolerable?

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  2. Susan 25 October 2013 at 13:03

    If you took the ferry at Crofton, then you drove right by my house ! Sorry to have missed this opportunity to meet you...

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    1. Bryan's Japanese Textiles25 October 2013 at 17:49

      Hi Susan,
      I did think of you and knew you were close by. I met someone at my opening who knows you and raved at your skills. I can't remember who as it was a blur of people. I will be back in 2015 and we can meet up then.
      bryan

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    2. Susan 26 October 2013 at 03:46

      Oh, that's great and I'll not miss you next time!
      (Very flattering comment too... thank you.)
      It must have felt strange to be back over here again. I take it, it had been awhile? Does Japan feel like home now?
      Susan

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  3. india flint26 October 2013 at 11:15

    well fingers crossed [assuming you're returning to Vancouver in 2015?] that we can overlap by more than five minutes...cos i shall be back too, it seems :)

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  4. neki desu28 October 2013 at 20:12

    welcome back, stuffy sinuses and all!

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  5. Virginia Sorrells12 December 2013 at 18:37

    Hi, Bryan-
    I live in Tokyo and would like information on upcoming classes. I am a textile lover and sewer but a newbie when it comes to indigo dying. Your programs look wonderful and I'd like to know more.

    All the best,

    Virginia

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    1. Bryan's Japanese Textiles13 December 2013 at 11:44

      Virginia san,
      please contact me at japanesetextileworkshops@gmail.com
      bryan

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