more zen

Second one. Don't know how long this zen mode will last. Perhaps it is a consequence of Japanese classes starting soon. Or the lack of classes.

Recycled silk shibori with some stitching and stamping.

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sometimes i can be zen-like

And stop before i go Baroque.
This is another completed UFO. Don't know whether the stitching around the blue silk shows, yet it is there.

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kakishubuzome endavors

Happy dance mode here. My friend came back from Tokyo with some of the goodies i had asked for. The photo is the handsome Tanaka Nao packaging for kakishibu. Too bad they don't mail order abroad!
i've been spending time over the last 4 days researching and experimenting with kakishibu. Being precious matter i used the least i could possibly use to sample on silk. But 1 tablespoon in 2 of water goes a long way.

The silk crepe fabric was scoured, but the silk doupioni yarn, following the leads found on the Wada book Memory on Cloth ,was not degummed and the colors came out intense as she predicts.

And yesterday through a friend i located someone with a persimmon tree who is willing to give me a load of green fruit.Will have to wait till next April because the fruit is already ripening.
Meanwhile here's the dyeing effort.

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