Every morning after the dog has been fed and the kids shuttled off to school, I sit down at the kitchen table with a plate of last night’s leftovers, a pot of tea and a book or two. On occasion this leads to a loss of appetite, especially when dye techniques that involve dung or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bast fiber’
Book reviews: ancient textile construction
Posted in book reviews, tagged bast fiber, books, fabric, history, textiles, weaving on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Focus on Indigo part I, Samurai Vest
Posted in indigo, tagged antique, bast fiber, indigo, samurai, San Francisco on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
note: Clicking on any of the images here will give you a larger image so you can see the details more clearly. While I have always had a love for all things indigo, this was the first piece at the Arts of Pacific Asia Show in San Francisco this month that inspired me to reach [...]
Bast again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bast fiber, mystery, textiles, vintage, weaving on January 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ah, those wonderful mystery fibers. Gotta love ‘em. It’s funny, but to the modern eye, “vintage” Japanese fibers tend to be either brightly colored silks or indigo blue and white cottons, but historically this was not so. Prior to the mechanization of weaving in the mid 19th century, a great deal of weaving was still [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bast fiber, history, Japan, mystery, obi, silk, textiles, vintage, weaving on January 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’m starting the new year with a little mystery. I discovered this piece being used as the stiffener inside an old obi recently. The obi itself was quite old, but the fabric has been repurposed and is likely from the 19th century so far as I can tell. It’s not cotton, rayon, wool, or silk, [...]
