Make a Huipil inspired Maya top
I think I take my sewing skills for granted. And I image everyone else has the same skills. But increasingly, because we haven’t had to
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Ikat/Kasuri
Buttony, wavy, ribby and wide weaves
Yet another magical workshop came to a close too quickly over the weekend. Several of the participants were Sturtees and returnees. Daisy came to work on
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Kasuri preservation
How exciting is this. Cotton plants welcoming visitors to a cotton Kasuri weaving studio. This studio is in Okayama prefecture which seemed to reveal more cultural
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Completing
This week has been a time for completing. Then starting again. It’s always very satisfying completing a textile. Finishing it then pressing and processing it
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Magical weaving
We weavers can spend alot of time getting threads to behave. Not to let them run away, tangle or stretch out of tension. We tame them,
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Kasuri practice
After returning from Kawashima textile school I had to put what I had learnt into practice. Ways of working in my own studio needed to
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Kasuri Heaven
Kasuri heaven, that’s what it is. The Kawashima Textile school was everything and more in providing the Kasuri experience I needed. Although the origins of
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Crazy weft Kasuri
Well, something went a little different to what I expected in my weft kasuri! It is very free form and improvisational looking when I wanted
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Weft Kasuri
I love ikat (Indonesia) or kasuri (Japan) or the process of winding and dyeing areas of the warp and or weft to create patterns. One
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