towards simplicity and mono no aware

making warp chains of  hirakami textured silk also bought on my first trip to japan! have not been able to find it on successive trips. dyed in ai and carrot tops. want both looms warped.

carrot tops here

and  remedial dyeing with carrot tops

all these  silks speak for themselves in their beauty. no intricate patterns, no dazzling effects are needed. 

just letting the materials speak .don't know if it's the effects of the confinement,the recent  loss of friends,age  or what, but i am aiming for simplicity now as an antidote for these times.mono no aware

neki desu

 

proof of hack

still has to be perfected, but it works.the silk is so fine it's given me stress hives😩

taking it very slow ,by the end of the week it will be done,then on to threading and reeding. two more weeks?

neki desu 

 

and now akane

it's dyeing season, no doubt.  an ancient batch of madder bought on my first! trip to japan. now hot dyeing with whatever pigment was left from solar dyeing. there's a lot left and i'm processing it with heat and patience, watching over the pot,raising and lowering the heat so it doesn't boil and turn brown.

so far this has been the best akane results ive gotten.

paid off. lovely shades intense color. will be altering some towards the red with an alkaline modifier.

more to come

neki desu