Saturday, 7 January 2017

Old and New and Reused.

Ogata san showed up at the front door on January 2nd with a new hand-made red hat and bib for the little stone Jizo sculpture in the forlorn winter garden in front of the front door.

One year and the 2016 bib and hat were mossy and faded.







Barbara san.....I finished weaving up the double sided indigo wool runner for the inside step up into the house. It works well with the Picasso harlequin rug on the landing. Thank you! (Should have vacuumed before I took the picture but the morning light was brief and good with all the bamboo cut off the mountain!)



I have a few meters left of warp and am now unravelling one of Hiro's old moth-eaten sweaters to use for weft yarn for the next runner down by the open bathroom. Recycling... 


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9 comments:

  1. one small stitch8 January 2017 at 09:18

    Ogata-san never fails to amaze. The rug/runner looks great. Did Hiro get a new sweater as a replacement?

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    1. Bryan's Japanese Textiles8 January 2017 at 17:54

      Nah...he is in Brazil until April so he can do without.

      I need to wash it in hot water and slightly felt it to finish it up. It's snowing outside so I can't get near the burners. It can wait a few months.

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  2. Unknown8 January 2017 at 19:27

    That looks like very good yarn in Hiro's sweater. So satisfying to recycle much-loved quality materials. Great shade of grey, too. The runner looks perfect, ahh, snowing. I'll bet it's lovely. Ogata-san must create all the time, like you do.
    Claudia

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  3. SawoKecik9 January 2017 at 09:56

    hi Bryan .. My name is Pimpi from Indonesia. I love your works , and I am learning Katazome now and I want to know more about indigo process. I am going to visit Japan tomorrow , I was wondering if I can visit your lovely studio, if you don't mind and if you have time of course. Waiting for your reply . Thank you

    Pimpi

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    1. Bryan's Japanese Textiles9 January 2017 at 10:16

      Pimpi san, It is snowy and miserable out here today. I am going on vacation soon so the timing looks bad! I am sorry. my email address is: japanesetextileworkshops@gmail.com. I have a Facebook with the same name.

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  4. Velma Bolyard10 January 2017 at 04:51

    tell ogata san that there is a papermaker near canada who loves her. and that her friend, a mere 87 years old, also makes beautiful textiles.

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  5. Bryan's Japanese Textiles12 January 2017 at 13:36

    I'll see her next Tuesday and will tell her.

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  6. judib13 January 2017 at 12:34

    The sunlight radiating on the indigo runner looks amazing. look forward to visiting again and seeing for myself. Am so glad your vacation is still going ahead- a well deserved break.

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  7. Tobie6 February 2017 at 09:55

    I am working my way backwards on your website. That runner is beautiful-double weave?

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