Red Mullein

09/01/2025

Our last open day for this season will be this Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Thank you all for a terrific season....Looking forward to seeing you next year.
Clare

09/01/2025

One of the artists who visits my shop shared the way she is using a furoshiki as a bandanna. She said, " They work great! You can see the patterns and tiny footprints at the edge! And they hold their shape nicely for a pretty silhouette."
Thanks Liz!

08/20/2025

We are closing at 2:00pm today. Sorry for any inconvenience.

08/02/2025

08/02/2025

We have some new, large, (100cmx100cm), printed furoshiki which are quite fun--a couple indigo dyed. Photos below. These do come with directions for tying and knotting. These are cotton and washable . They make great table cloths and scarves, in addition to wrapping cloths for packages, bottles, etc.

07/08/2025

We have hand made wool weavings, shown here displayed on an antique spinning wheel. The spinning wheel is for sale, by the way. I'm asking $125 but would take offers to a good home.

07/08/2025

New art.

06/18/2025

We are open for the summer. Looking forward to seeing you!

08/30/2024

Our last day for 2024 will be Sept 1. Thank you all for your interest, input and purchases this year. We'll see you again in June 2025.
I hope you all have a great winter.
Clare G.

08/22/2024

We also continue to carry vintage silk saris, which, like the Japanese silks, are incredible fiber art.
Here are some pictures of one of these which is very fancy, full of gold thread and sequins. The best thing about it is that is shimmers red.
I've tried to capture the red, but have not been particularly successful.
Hopefully you can get the idea a bit.

08/11/2024

Another example of shibori...this time using needle and thread to keep the butterfly design from the dye. You can see the needle marks around the butterflies.
A typically complex Japanese textile--a woven pattern, (leaves and swirls), stenciled hexagons, and the shibori butterflies.

08/09/2024

The silk on some of our Japanese jackets has been created using shibori techniques. Shibori is tie dying. Traditional shibori is very labor intensive. For example, every little rectangle on this piece was originally a knot tied by hand.
Shibori was often created by a team of villagers....someone designed it, someone knotted it, another person dyed it, etc.
This was often done to cloth that was already beautiful. In the example below you can see the figured design woven into the silk Shibori added both another design and a texture.
Cool, eh?