while people are doing less

is more i am doing more is more unintentionally. sat down enjoying a nice sunny day with a cool breeze, tending my vat and keeping my hands busy following the old adage idle hands etc, etc.

was having a relaxed go and couldn't stop. now pray thee tell how can i od on stitching and still be working on the zen series? scary isn't it?

neki desu
 

harvesting time

this summer crop: all shades of blue and then some more that didn't get to the photo call.

still waiting to call aizome done. if it keeps warm and doesn't rain maybe i can get one more week's worth of dyeing.

it has taken many, many summers to get to the stage i am in now but, i feel that finally oh finally i am in command of the vat, not the other way around. i have even started to push it as when i scraped the bottom of last year's vat to use the solidified indigo. talk about 勿体無い    mottainai!

on the mottainai subject i am piecing together all those ai dyed samples and making a cover. the center is already pieced and the sides are slowly growing.

neki desu
 

of color lakes and inks

michel garcia and natural dyes.
have a good weekend!



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