tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post3010718976000466502..comments2024-02-25T09:08:14.872+09:00Comments on Japanese Textile Workshops 日本のテキスタイル ワークショップ: Respect for IndigoBryan's Japanese Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047099866454091251noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-6797155297699530352013-01-07T16:24:40.883+09:002013-01-07T16:24:40.883+09:00I greatly appreciate this post. So far, my love fo...I greatly appreciate this post. So far, my love for indigo remains unfulfilled in the sense that I do not live up to it's worth. Meaning, I do not yet have the skill to be satisfied with my work. At first I thought I just need more experience or practice; therefore dyeing more things blue is a simple answer, but that is not the issue...it would be far better to slow down and make sure my work is worthy of the blue. Interesting. <br /><br />I would also agree, it is your role as a teacher to instill in your students the proper reverence for the art/medium/tools etc. All great teachers do this and usually with an insistent passion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-2773019013073385822012-11-25T05:35:56.623+09:002012-11-25T05:35:56.623+09:00aha moments are momentous and important, and i'...aha moments are momentous and important, and i'm noticing more and more of them in my life. just recently, ecodyeing my own papers and shifu with plants from my land has been deeply correct. makes my heart sing!Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-41707799323326534072012-11-24T00:04:16.780+09:002012-11-24T00:04:16.780+09:00I had a small aha moment writing it. Centered me t...I had a small aha moment writing it. Centered me to an almost embarrassing degree.Bryan's Japanese Textileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047099866454091251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-81812628246328540532012-11-23T11:29:47.087+09:002012-11-23T11:29:47.087+09:00I had a small aha moment when you described the ru...I had a small aha moment when you described the rush to dump a stained garment into a vat of Indigo hoping for a transformation. <br />I have managed to dye with Indigo with varied results and some impatience. Your words remind me to slow down, learn more, be respectful of my materials and protective of the idea that something made with care and mindfulness has great value. Eloise Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-89914381008579390192012-11-22T21:48:19.759+09:002012-11-22T21:48:19.759+09:00this post made my heart sing.thank you.this post made my heart sing.thank you.neki desuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780249422205001288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-48068299833285673642012-11-22T02:46:49.060+09:002012-11-22T02:46:49.060+09:00Thank you so much! What an amazing story about the...Thank you so much! What an amazing story about the indigo studio. I have never used indigo. I have used plants for dyeing and have a sense of what you're saying, because the pieces that come out of my small natural dye pots are very special to me. Indigo has a unique reputation and I'll just have to experience it someday.Cynthia Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956151327066448551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709628913790065104.post-31095614995835925942012-11-21T23:16:53.478+09:002012-11-21T23:16:53.478+09:00This makes so much sense to me now, but I don'...This makes so much sense to me now, but I don't think I really understood it in my own work until I started to grow, process and dye using my own plants. The nature of the growing season, the time taken nurturing the plants, the harvest at the right time of year - it all made me respect and appreciate the colours and process so much more. Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287294441230349196noreply@blogger.com