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
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
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
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
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