Hiro took everyone for a walk and gathered branches and flowers and mossy rocks to use in their own arrangements. He was such a good teacher. The results were great. Snoopy made a rare appearance on the third floor to enjoy the party.
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, 6 November 2012
Ikebana.
Kimono and other Japanese textiles are literally covered in flowers and other motifs from nature. There is something Japanese how the flowers are composed and represented. Taking a quick look at Japanese flower arrangement composition might fire some synapses when appreciating Japanese textiles and designing stencils.
Hiro took everyone for a walk and gathered branches and flowers and mossy rocks to use in their own arrangements. He was such a good teacher. The results were great. Snoopy made a rare appearance on the third floor to enjoy the party.
Hiro took everyone for a walk and gathered branches and flowers and mossy rocks to use in their own arrangements. He was such a good teacher. The results were great. Snoopy made a rare appearance on the third floor to enjoy the party.
- it looks like Christmas. great to see Snoopy "participating". are those new shelves with more treasures on display?
ReplyDeleteJust the extra flower containers. Snoopy was so sweet that day. She is really on her last legs. Any time spent together is precious.
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