2024-03-12 01:29
I took a chance on presenting a new workshop at the Japanese American National Museum this past weekend.
I wanted to build appreciation for Japanese textiles by getting a nice selection o… Read More
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2024-02-28 00:30
I’m in the middle of prepping for a workshop at JANM but it’s dark now and cold and wet outside so…will catch up with another blog post and see if I can get this one done… Read More
2024-02-12 02:50
I want to welcome new readers and subscribers to both this blog and to the moon circle. Seems Jude’s recent post linking to me here sent more of you my way than usual and I thank her f… Read More
2024-01-25 03:41
Cleaning out! January is my month to clean and sort. I know many people have this same intention for the end or beginning of a year and whether you get to it or not may be another matter!. S… Read More
2024-01-05 01:28
It is the transitional time between Christmas and the coming New Year as I write this final post for 2023. (OK so it’s now AFTER New Years and I’m hopefully getting this out toda… Read More
2023-10-30 00:58
As October turns to fall, we head into shorter, cooler days and more darkness. The cycle of seasons demands us to participate in changes, which in the end is a good thing. It keeps us from b… Read More
2023-10-17 23:40
It’s cooled down sooner than expected this week so that’s a wonderful development. A number of unexpected positive things on the horizon. I posted up two indigo shibori workshop… Read More
2023-10-13 19:26
It is with much sadness I pass along the news that Rumiko Hirata has passed away nine months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Rumiko san, wife of Hirata san, mother of Shio and… Read More
2023-10-06 22:18
If I told you what I’ve been going through this past month, you would likely unsubscribe here, so we won’t go into the gruesome details at this point. It’s really not relev… Read More
2023-10-05 21:23
Sometimes removing something has unexpected results. The moon below is one those examples. I accidentally left some moons in the chem vat overnight and a beautiful halo appeared along the ou… Read More
2023-09-25 03:50
Tekumo shibori was the topic this weekend as we gathered for an in-studio workshop here. It was great to see both new and repeat participants! There was so much to accomplish in a short amo… Read More
2023-08-27 17:15
I had reason to sort through some old paperwork. I was dreading it and the task in general. As I proceeded it gave me an opportunity to clean out a lot of stuff that no longer needed keeping… Read More
2023-08-26 02:44
(A Silk Study Tour to Japan post)
We always include Kyoto in our itinerary since everyone wants to visit here but also because it is the center of many textile traditions.
We did take… Read More
2023-08-14 23:19
I’ve been in a clearing out mode since I was looking for something and couldn’t find it! As I was looking I decided to let go of some of my pleated silk stash pile (don’t w… Read More
2023-07-21 21:59
I love disassembling a kimono and learning new things. I always learn something when taking one apart. This past week we went by the local buddhist temple to see their summer festival, taiko… Read More
2023-07-13 02:53
I am compelled to do a quick post here based on some communication I had from the last blog post. I don’t want to forget this topic and get distracted by all the other things that I&rs&hell…Read More
2023-07-10 17:03
It was another wonderful day on the Silk Study Tour 2023!
While we were in Tokyo, the lovely Nakabayashi san saw a poster promoting a shibori exhibit in Osaka and wondered if it might fit… Read More
2023-07-06 19:42
Tekumo is fun once you have mastered the movement of your hands. It’s especially exciting with silk organza that takes on not only vibrant colors but also crisp shapes. Come join us t… Read More
2023-07-05 20:52
I really have to get it together! The last couple of posts I have neglected to add the post title until after it has been published and all of you who are email subscribed have it sent &ldqu&hell…Read More
2023-06-22 00:34
Since returning from Japan, I’ve had lots of catching up to do. From unpacking. Sending out orders for foraged fabric, catching up on moon making and the obvious jet lag(always worse c… Read More
2023-06-06 22:43
While it is still fresh in my mind, and my muscles are still a bit sore, I’ll start writing part two to the sericulture farm visit. I’ve got a couple of hours before the public o… Read More
2023-06-03 23:03
What will today bring?
Today I am in Isobe, Annaka-shi Gunma Prefecture. I have no commitments today-but plenty of possibilities.
There is a public onsen across the street here-a def… Read More
2023-05-10 01:27
I realized that my little snap coin bag was a little too small so I made a new one to hold a couple more things.
Very handy and all from scraps that were on the table. Ready to travel! Read More
2023-05-08 21:46
Some last minute doings in preparation for the Silk Study tour has kept me busy. There are several pieces I am finishing to take along with me. Usually, I like to take something I have made… Read More
2023-04-18 23:36
It’s been over a month since a new post popped into your inbox and I’m thankful to say -I’m back! I caught some crazy virus -not covid, not the flu, not an UTI or anything… Read More
2023-03-06 00:42
Today I put some more Neko Chan kits in the shop. I tend to do this in bulk (well, “bulk” for me on this item is about 12). I had an order for one that was getting stale and I ha… Read More
2023-03-01 21:44
A little wander…
I recently completed another life season of full moons-12 to be exact. (2023 will be a year with 13 full moons- we get a bonus moon in August this year.) I was won… Read More
2023-02-02 19:35
silk mawata moons are furry!the obi liningsilky moonsThese special moons are made with an unexpected cloth-a coarse homespun cotton cloth that had a layer of silk mawata stretched across it… Read More
2023-01-27 03:38
Some days are a real mix of duties.
Today, I:
-filed and paid my state sales tax return
-returned many emails
-attended to the Tour banking
-made indigo moons!! Yay!
-ship… Read More
2023-01-19 20:38
A while back I hosted a zoom workshop where participants and I refashioned a kimono into a more easily wearable garment by shortening and removing sleeves.This project leaves you with some f… Read More
2023-01-12 03:14
Just a quick update with some fun stuff.
First, last Sunday at Phil’s rehearsal the sound guy Kevin was playing Ken Nordine through the system during setup. I was fascinated! Never… Read More
2023-01-10 02:46
On one past trip to Japan I met this piece of silk and brought it home with me because it made me wonder.
That was several years ago. And only this past December did I pull it out and mak… Read More
2023-01-02 20:41
Enter friends, into the New Year. The Year of the Rabbit.
Tsuki no usagi“HOW A RABBIT REACHED THE MOON:
One night, the Man on the Moon came down to earth disguised as a beggar. H… Read More
2022-12-20 02:17
There has been rain! It has also been colder lately. All the signs of season have arrived. For us here that means twinkling lights on houses, sprouts emerging everywhere, narcissus starting… Read More
2022-11-24 00:20
Time is funny that way. It passes slowly or quickly, it unfolds, or it rushes by. It can also stand still.The past week and a half, it has stood still with a little help from a virus I thoug… Read More
2022-11-09 20:49
When I haven’t posted in a while, I hardly know where to start! I looked back just now and see that it’s been nearly TWO MONTHS since the last post. I think that must be a recor… Read More
2022-09-15 23:47
I recently had some scrap silk left over from having bias ribbon made for my silk shibori ribbon. It was enough that I wanted to see what could be done with it so I had the converter do some… Read More
2022-09-08 19:31
Seems like it’s been a few weeks since I started to work on getting this workshop up online. We have a saying around here- I’m sure you are familiar with it. Everything takes a… Read More
2022-09-01 22:43
Why is it I can’t get to writing blog posts the way I used to?
Part of it is because I let too much time pass between them and then I get to feeling overwhelmed by all that I want… Read More
2022-08-06 01:34
I decided to add to my indigo vat swatch card by swatching each of the three vats (chem , fermentation, and ferrous) at the end of the daylong indigo shibori workshop.
The vats all got a… Read More
2022-07-28 22:54
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2022-07-25 23:51
Collecting up a few bits and pieces.
Silk… from moth to clothI’m gathering the the circle of participants Read More
2022-07-23 21:23
I’m spending my time this week organizing for the upcoming workshops and pulling together teaching samples. There are many and I’m displaying them around the work space.
Also… Read More
2022-07-22 00:21
CircusIn studying all the workshop possibilities (and there are many!) I have added two workshops to the shop.
First, the ever requested silk shibori ribbon making workshop. In the past I… Read More
2022-07-07 00:37
Today I’m preparing the fabrics for July moons. I’m kinda excited again about the cloth for this month’s moons. I enjoy deciding how to delight the moon circle each month… Read More
2022-07-05 03:46
wondering Read More
2022-06-30 20:04
Now that I got that last post finally published, I feel free to start a new one (there are still over 50 posts in my drafts folder-ha! need to clean THAT up a bit-later!) .Seriously, later.I… Read More
2022-06-19 20:47
I don’t believe in magical thinking, in being positive without action. I do believe that one can manifest things or people or places into their lives by educating one’s self and… Read More
2022-04-30 00:37
Over the past several weeks since the last blog post, I’ve written several posts here. Unfortunately, they’ve been in my head only! As I work through this and that, I take photos… Read More
2022-04-04 20:33
Life is full of new beginnings. Every ending has a beginning, every beginning an ending. This is not a new thought, it’s one as old as time. Beginnings are always interesting. There ca… Read More
2022-03-22 22:35
We are officially one day two days (taking me longer to finish this post!) past the Spring Equinox and that means more light than dark. Regardless of what the clocks say, I regard this as a… Read More
2022-03-16 22:27
…or somewhere inbetween? I have been feeling very confused lately. Lost really. One day I decide to offer some workshops, the next day I it all seems wrong and I change my mind, only… Read More
2022-03-01 21:05
I took a set of photos thinking I would weave them into a bigger idea for a blog post but since time has lost meaning this past week I just decided to do a quick post with them now.Yellow is… Read More
2022-02-26 00:42
Who am I? I’m just going to say this here in the beginning. This post won’t be for everyone here. It’s not really about art, craft, or shibori, per se, but it touches on it… Read More
2022-02-17 01:06
Today is the full moon and a February moon- the Snow Moon. And coincidentally, we had a cold snap that brought hail and snow locally here yesterday (Pasadena!). Last week it was 90! Check th… Read More
2022-02-12 20:02
Most days in the studio I look for meaning in the process, not in the end result. It might not seem that way to many as the thing most people see and react to is the end result of what I do… Read More
2022-02-05 21:27
Before I get lost in this post and forget, I promised the recent workshop participants this NHK link about the Lost Textiles of Ryukyu. It’s a fascinating search to discover the origin… Read More
2022-01-24 00:45
Some of the most meaningful pieces made by anyone using my indigo moons have been made by Mo. It’s been a heartbreaking week with the news from Australia that she lost her beloved Old… Read More
2022-01-16 19:30
I’m planting more seeds…
sometimes the moon just co-creates and conspires with cloth of different times and placesCloth from different times and places came into my possessio… Read More
2022-01-14 17:56
As those of you who have come along on the Silk Study Tour to Japan, you have had the opportunity to visit the Ichiku Kubota Museum. There is not a single person that has visited here on the… Read More
2022-01-09 00:59
Somewhere I recently read that 90% of writing is rewriting. This often rings true when I’m writing blog posts. I stop and start, sometimes by design, sometimes by circumstance. Often t… Read More
2022-01-03 02:00
Now that the holidays are over, and the sun is back out after some very much needed rain, I’m back to finish off the mystery of the silk fabric from the obi I was deconstructing here… Read More
2021-12-31 20:20
I thought we might enter the 2022 New Year with a confidence and vitality that would enhance our well-being and allow us to look back on the past two pandemic years with a certain gratitude… Read More
2021-12-13 23:42
Here I have to tell a little of the back story to this old obi. Previously I had blogged about taking Ann Wasserman’s online workshop on quilt repair and restoration (see her blog her… Read More
2021-12-12 20:40
The shortest day or the longest night? It all depends on your perspective I guess. As holiday decor begins to spill out across the neighborhoods and cooler weather dominates, solstice approa… Read More
2021-11-28 07:32
It was time for a little road trip, it was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and Phil’s birthday. So we got the animals and house handled by son and wife, gassed up the ’87 Volvo w… Read More
2021-11-11 22:48
Lots of dye work going into the upcoming workshop kit materials. Like this selection of silk linings that were dyed yesterday for the komebukuro kits. Dyed using the indigo fermentation vat… Read More
2021-11-03 21:45
just a teaser for the next workshop It was two years ago that I taught one of the last indigo workshops at the Japanese American National Museum. We made komebukuro bags with dyed and stitch… Read More
2021-10-22 21:00
The recent days and weeks have been busy, full of daily goings on, dyeing, kit making, workshop prepping, visitors, and then the big event- a beach wedding!
It was a simply beautiful aff… Read More
2021-09-27 20:04
Ever w o n d e r how I make these beautiful silk shibori flowers? Now you can see and make one yourself!
WILD colors!softer more neutral colorslight lavenderteal with dark edgesbac… Read More
2021-09-20 01:03
This is what we do. Continue. Accept change. Adapt. Create and wonder. Make change. Be change…peacefully. Today…
fermentation vat-about one year old…it’s a kin… Read More
2021-09-14 05:18
I took a little detour to pleat and dye that wired silk organza from the video I mentioned last post. I fashioned a fairly large flower from it so those following along could see the wired… Read More
2021-09-12 03:45
circling the tattered moonbuckwheat pillows are grand! more moonsetsa little chaos on the tableon the chaircoppery vat!work clothwoven mood- another inspiration from judethere’s a litt… Read More
2021-08-31 23:16
Has it been a month and a half since i blogged here?? Is that possible? This might be the longest “dry spell” here since i started blogging sometime in 2006 (maybe I’m just… Read More
2021-07-19 21:01
it’s summer. here, one can tell by the garden jobs that need attending each day before getting started on other things. plus, by the amount of tomatoes piling up on the kitchen counter… Read More
2021-07-12 16:49
After many requests to host an online version of the recently posted in-studio of the tekumo shibori workshop, I am posting up a Zoom version of it now.
This workshop will occur over 4… Read More
2021-07-01 23:15
Tekumo is fun once you have mastered the movement of your hands. It’s especially exciting with silk organza that takes on not only vibrant colors but also crisp shapes. Come join us t… Read More
2021-06-22 02:27
… you’ve been watching, I’ve been practicing a shibori technique called tekumo, or kumo-as in spider web. My particular fascination is with the sculptural aspects of it af… Read More
2021-06-02 21:19
Now that I got that last post out of my draft folder I move on….
oldest one in the center is probably around 100 years oldToday is all about shibori….stands. Or you may cons… Read More
2021-06-02 19:56
Unless you just started following this blog last week, you probably know that aside from shibori, dyeing and silk, my other pleasure is gardening. This post is NOT about shibori, or dyei… Read More
2021-05-10 21:05
I learned a lesson (well, probably more than one) recently when I casually mentioned to a friend that I had been keeping an eye out for a small floor loom, cheap. There was no rush and just… Read More
2021-04-26 23:53
sitting on the shibori stitchingin the gardenblogging with Milochillin’gardeningwatching me in the studioin bedshibori moon catIt’s been 15 years here on the blog and almost just… Read More
2021-03-30 02:05
I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile now and after receiving several inquiries after the recent post I am getting it checked off of my list today. I am including here a new link for… Read More
2021-03-29 00:07
Lots of thoughts rumbling around here since the last post. This is gonna be a longer post, so settle in.
various tomato seedlings transplanted up and getting a bit of a slow start due to… Read More
2021-03-15 02:05
There is something ultimately satisfying to me when I use old cloth. Especially cloth that has been previously reused-who knows how many times? The feel of it is different, the smell of it… Read More
2021-03-10 21:46
Recently I did a little bit of hinode (sunrise) pattern shibori for moons. I like the contrast of that pattern -sunrise with the moons. I added some arashi to it as well and new moons are in… Read More
2021-03-03 01:04
Today, I was distracted by silk and a new silk device I purchased from Two Looms Textiles-a tsukushi. They had acquired one some time back and were not using it so contacted me as a potentia… Read More
2021-02-25 00:46
Today I was planting more seeds. I got to thinking about the growing roots. The snap pea seeds I planted last week have sprouted and are forming their first roots. Roots are essential to t… Read More
2021-01-28 23:08
Spent some more time mending that old favorite quilt. It’s been very windy and cold here so some afternoon inside time is welcome. I’m applying the repairs on a “what do I… Read More
2021-01-17 23:39
This has been my daily undoing lately. Trying to focus when chaos swirls around me. After spending over a week now with an unruly computer, I now have it back to limping along so will take t… Read More
2020-12-30 00:19
Here we are. The last post here for the year.
I’m suffering from a poverty of words for the New Year. I continue on in the studio as well as with the Daily Dyer blog. It’s qu… Read More
2020-12-14 01:36
What’s it called when you think you did something but you realize you actually didn’t? Jeeze… I was helping a customer on the phone with her order (she was ordering a moon… Read More
2020-12-05 21:03
We have arrived to December. I have caught up with all the Kokoro order except one which will be finished in the next few days. Thank you to everyone who ordered with the Japanese American N… Read More
2020-11-14 19:23
This begins a series of posts that will highlight additions to my online shop. Since none of us are doing in person shows or events these days I opted to join the Japanese American National… Read More
2020-11-10 04:18
It was only one month ago I wrote part two of this series thinking it to be the last. I mark this one final -a somewhat hopeful plea for 2020. Today, I got a call from my sister who had been… Read More
2020-10-08 17:23
She was a dóttir, a systir, a móðir, a frænka, a tengdamóðir, an amma, and most recently a langamma. She passed away peacefully in hospice this past week a… Read More
2020-10-05 21:44
It’s been a rough week, month, year! So many ups and downs. I been telling myself I would write a blogpost almost every single day these past two weeks but…well I just couldn&rs&hell…Read More
2020-08-31 17:46
In the third quarter of last year there started to be an issue with ordering silk satin yardage. Suppliers did not have it in stock. Some suppliers said that government tariffs with China… Read More
2020-08-23 22:26
It seems as though my ability to clearly recognize the usual landmarks marking the way has greatly diminished and, in some cases, completely disappeared. It’s OK to be a bit lost at ti… Read More
2020-07-04 05:17
The moon takes no sidesholds no grievancesnor abides our anger
lighting a pathwith its reflected lightday and nightshould we choose to look
silken starsperform a danceswirling in the i… Read More
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