pondering

 it's already december and still pondering.

warp silk dyed with tannin , walnut and akane. weft wool/ stainless dark blue and terracotta from the much beloved and now defunct avril in kyoto.

 2 cms of plain weave 4 -5 cms in broken twill, nice soft furrows. the question is re-sley at a more open 8 ends   x cms for more drama( and possibly less stable cloth) or keep it as is at 10 ends x cm what to do ??

this is the back colorwise much more subdued. like the two for one effect  unlike double weave it's  minimum effort.

on a side note life now became hollywood. mayor computer overhaul,changed hard disk, added more memory and did a big deep cleanup.all functions became instant. .feeling virtuous because instead of getting a new one i repaired the old one.the dumpster won't see me for another stretch. ( ¨¨ ω¨¨ )   

neki desu

 

sabi, the beauty of use

 time is beauty.

have a good weekend.

neki desu 

 

beloved

bengara bought in kanazawa in 2018.the kind man from the hotel located a store which sold bengara and other pigments for treating their wooden walls.there's a whole neighborhood painted 

in bengara.that was a good trip, not many tourists yet and had the onsen experience in kaga onsen near kanazawa.

pardon the digression. 

also bought 2 small jars of powdered kakishibu.

 

i am practicing using bengara for backgrounds for sumi-e. after i gain confidence i'll start using the suiboku  paints from japan.

neki desu