in praise of crafts

and their craftspeople.

have a good weekend.august's gone.come september.

neki desu

 

sampling

 weave structures. so far seems that the third one's the winner. like the contrast between the fine cream warp and the  slubby sand colored weft.

washed and pressed. the winner is nº 3.

pondering whether  re sleying instead of 2x dent in a 10 x cm reed doing just one per dent. wondering if the extra work is worth it.

all summer long, heat and visitors  permitting,  i've been going to the park doing the walk, mainly uphill and then doing some weights . afterwards sitting under a tree and studying kanji. muscle and mind training (￣ω￣ )

neki desu

 

the process worked

the weld extract not so much. stretching and brushing the dye after mordant printing. the only caveat compared with immersion dyeing is that the cloth needs to be steamed. i don't mind it bcse i thing one gets much clearer backgrounds.

fabric after steaming. dunged in oat bran to remove the gum and clear the background,then  washed. the yellow is pretty but faint.

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another example of faint weld yellow. ran out of alum and everything's on halt.

waiting for the suppliers to come back from vacation to buy more alum.

meanwhile climate refugees keep visiting. last week not even us up north were safe.one day of 40º. thought i was going to die.(mind the spelling)

the fires have tinted the sky and everything is covered in  ash dust. doing a rain dance bcse all's fried if not burned.

neki desu