auric crafts

japanese craftsmanship

have a good weekend.gosh almost mid month !

neki desu

 

temporal paradox

been mulling over this concept as a result of finding my first overshot weave tryout. it also connects with the aha moment when i understood what had actually happened in a j drama i was watching. it then branched out to a much loved history fiction drama that i watched some years ago. this led to researching about quantum physics( to a certain extremely pedestrian level)and it all bundled up. the challenge was/is to weave all this.

pretty ambituous, aka blinded by ambition.again.

nevertheless i am having a cartful of fun checking my growth in all these years of practice.what i know now, how i confront want and need in terms of weaving. not your fast weaving project,but exciting.

the warp is 30/1 unbleached cotton, weft is natural dyed silks and gold thread bought in kyoto in 2014.

 it had been patiently waiting in the stash until it was the right time/space.   (￣ω￣ )

the orange silk was dyed in madder 20-30 years ago by nami sensei, my japanese weaving teacher.it was also waiting for the right coordinates. this is going to be my project for the year.

neki desu

 

the source

a gift from a dear friend some years ago.had been leafed through but was waiting for the ideal time to be read. it's not a book about dyeing, just a historical recipe,but a book about the history of the dye.

fascinating how the conquistadores brought it to spain from the americas and it became the richess of  the crown in the 16 hundreds.cochineal and merino ,the golden fleece,were the biggest sources of income before gold and silver started pouring in from the americas.

interesting how both industries are going through a revival with a younger generation in charge.

i think people have beome aware especially post poandemic.that revitalising traditional projects is more rewarding than slaving in an office in a crowded city. going back to the roots.

neki desu