The wild mountain lilies are out around the house. Outside the new second bathroom window (Is it a still considered a window if I chose not to put in glass?) the hydrangeas of June are still in bloom with the lilies of July. Strange weather.
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 24 July 2012
Ogata san's Shibori
The wild mountain lilies are out around the house. Outside the new second bathroom window (Is it a still considered a window if I chose not to put in glass?) the hydrangeas of June are still in bloom with the lilies of July. Strange weather.
Beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteOgata san is a lovely lady and the shibori is beautiful!
Here in Canada we only see the lilies in florist bundles and so to see one growing 'wild' is amazing. They are strongly scented!
Thank you for your comment at my recent blog post... I have been reading your blog for a while and enjoying your adventures there.
Susan
love the lilies, the shibori and Ogata-san. think you will need a window in the bathrm. before the winter freeze sets in.
ReplyDeleteYou are a perfectionist, I am with Ogata san: I love it as it is.
ReplyDeleteI like to see the changes in nature according to the season, and yes, you can call it a window (which is an opening USUALLY fitted with glass, but not always!).
a lot of poetry in the first photo
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ogata san, I like the results - it looks like lace against a blue background. Lovely lilies and Bryan...a bathroom needs a window and a window does mean glass!!
ReplyDeleteoh, those lilies!
ReplyDeleteand happy ogata san!
Ogatasan is looking delightful as always. The shibori is wonderful. Love the Lillie's and yes, a window will need glass,especially so the snow can't blow in
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