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.

Monday, 13 September 2010

Arrow Kasuri... weaving up well

This is some thing I am working on. I tied and resisted some of the warp threads first. Then indigo dyed them.

Threading the reed and warping was trouble free but quite slow.

The arrow kasuri was a common pattern in the Edo period. Lining them up harmoniously is the tricky part. The thread is linen. It will be folded in half and become a men's obi. Yuko and I will l weave 4 meters each. She is so skilled. Just started weaving and already she is keeping up with me on such a difficult project.

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margery meyers haber14 September 2010 at 01:22
Beautiful cloth!
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Jon Lukacek15 September 2010 at 20:57
I would love to add a few of these patterns to my sketch book, have any references I can take a peek at?
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Anonymous1 October 2010 at 11:17
wonderful kasuri threads. seems there is no end to your indigo talents and practice. more thanks-
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