Here is the completed Boro Series by Susan Ball Faeder. To learn how this series came about, click here.
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 1 © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono remnants, including aizome (indigo dyed), kasuri (hand-wovens) and katazome (hand-stenciled), hand-stitched onto nylon netting and mounted onto a vintage woven Japanese kimono narrow-striped fabric for men. *Can be displayed on its own, or as a pair with the next image, Boro 2.
(37” Ht. x 14.5” W.) 2005
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 2 © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono remnants, including aizome (indigo dyed), kasuri (hand-wovens) and katazome (hand-stenciled), hand-stitched onto nylon netting and mounted onto a vintage woven Japanese kimono narrow-striped fabric for men. *Can be displayed on its own, or as a pair with the previous image, Boro 1.
(37” Ht. x 14.5” W.) 2005
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 3 – Day © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono fabric in mostly light shades of aizome (indigo dyed), clumped by hand to create a 3D effect, and then hand-stitched onto nylon netting.
(42” Ht. x 19” W. X 1” D.) 2005
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 4 - Night © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono fabric in mostly darker aizome (indigo dyed) plus kasuri (hand-wovens) and katazome (hand-stenciled) pieces, clumped by hand to create a 3D effect, and then hand-stitched onto nylon netting.
(48” Ht. x 19” W. x 1” D) 2005
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 5 - Skirt © Susan Ball Faeder
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 6 - Seafoam/Red © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of the discarded ends (called mimi or “ears” in Japanese) BETWEEN the 1-meter-length repeats of continuous tenugui yardage. Tenugui are Japanese commemorative cotton towels. Hand-stitched onto nylon netting, creating a 3D effect.
(12” Ht. x 45” W. x .5” D.) 2008
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 7 - Red /Black © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of the discarded ends (called mimi or “ears” in Japanese) BETWEEN the 1-meter-length repeats of continuous tenugui yardage. Tenugui are Japanese commemorative cotton towels. Hand-stitched onto nylon netting, creating a 3D effect.
(10” Ht. x 42” W.) 2008
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 8- Journal © Susan Ball Faeder
Fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono remnants, including aizome (indigo dyed), kasuri (hand-wovens) and katazome (hand-stenciled) and old handmade Japanese paper called washii that was used for a shop’s ledger to record sales. Hand-stitched onto nylon netting.
(9” Ht. x 46” W.) 2008
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 9- Poem © Susan Ball Faeder
Small fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono remnants, including aizome (indigo dyed), kasuri (hand-wovens) and katazome (hand-stenciled), old handmade Japanese paper called washii that was used for a shop’s ledger to record sales, and shells. Hand-stitched onto nylon netting. (11.5” HT. X 26” W.) 2011
Arigato: Boro Boro Byobu 10- Peach © Susan Ball Faeder
Small fiber collage of vintage Japanese cotton kimono remnants, including aizome (indigo dyed), kasuri (hand-wovens), katazome (hand-stenciled), and Japanese paper, clumped by hand and hand-stitched onto nylon netting. (24.5” Ht. x 12” W. x .5”D) 2011
