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.
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Looks like an eventful spring. Much to see and much to do.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering what's been happening since August. I hope you post soon!
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Claudia
Oooh, Toyota textile museum... looks very interesting. I've seen many pictures of the circular loom but never seen it moving before, cool.
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