Sukumo indigo vat
If you’ve followed me for a while you’ll know that I used to do a lot of indigo dyeing before the basketry bug took hold. I’ve worked with synthetic and natural vats and also grew Japanese indigo in my garden. I used freshly picked leaves to create beautiful turquoise on silk, and also fermented the […]
Inspired by Morigami Jin
Sometimes you end up in a completely different destination from where you intended. My idea was to further explore freestyle or irregular plaiting. After my first foray into this technique, I saw some lovely examples of it at the recent Eskenazi exhibition. So I went back to my photos and books on Japanese bamboo art […]
