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It was a sunny day and I decided that since today was the only one when I'd have time to actually do this until next week(busy but also the weather fairy says rain rain rain)...best to just drag them all out onto the back porch and get it over with.
THEN I can pack-up the ones to go on the shelf after sorting out the bunch to go to the farm with me for immediate dissected, when I am sitting around *farm sitting* at the end of the month (for 2 weeks). Good way to kill gobs of quiet time...
Yep. Trying to keep on top of those mad *cough* organizational skills of mine and not allow these things to clutter my newly cleaned up floor!! HAH!
That is at least...the plan. >D
This image is for Ariss, who asked that I show a bit more of the momeji/maple leaf haori from yesterday....
This particular item is a douchuugi (padded coat) that resembles a haori, but is slightly larger and has cotton batting between the top fabric and lining. It also ties up at the side instead of the middle so it forms an overlap to keep out the cold and comes with a handy pocket. The material is a synthetic which means *washable* ~ and yes, I WILL be wearing this around the house in the colder months.
I did not purchase this on my trip, but rather an ebay seller, based in Hiroshima. What immediately attracted me to this item was the price, geometric design & black/red colour, plus the wearability of the item. Lots of people steer clear of synthetics, but seriously ~ unless you are buying cotton yukata (summer kimono) you are going to be hard pressed to clean a kimono because they are silk ~ hence for daily wear around the house, this slob likes them to be manmade materials.
Another haori is from the same seller and is characterized with a rippled, or swollen woven patterning called Fukurashi-Ori. This item is silk and I haven't yet decided what to do with it, but the texture is fascinating.
A black silk meisen ( type of weave where the edges of the design seem to blur) kimono, featuring typical geometric patterning. The cloth is smooth to the touch and in very good condition.
Why did I buy it? Because black and red meisen are like potato chips to me. I just can't stop myself and one is NEVER enough >D
I can't decide if this men's kimono is silk or cotton. I washed my yukata (the blue and white floral kimono you see in the photos of the box-contents) and after letting it dry outside, it was very stiff and the same textures as this one which I have yet to clean.....
This one is going to be taken apart and probably be made into aprons...I have to try a burn test on it to make sure I'm not dealing with silk before I proceed with any projects.
Wonderful weave though, whatever it is....not to mention rich blue shades.
A men's haori that will also require a burn test, although I am venturing that this one is a fine wool. The pattern seems to be a faux tsumugi (rough silk made from silk worm cocoons that the worms are hatched from instead of ones where they kill the worms for the unbroken silk strands) I keep telling myself to buy mens' kimono for animals/critters...and this is really the only one with the subtle patterning I managed. *rolls eyes*...definately a problem of not wanting to drag around something heavy when there might be something else in the next pile....so I end up never buying any at all (o__(o
This is one of two shibori haori that I picked up while at the markets. Shibori is a maddeningly time consuming way to tyedye. Imangine that every single one of these spots....smaller than a pencil eraser, was meticulously tied off before the silk was dyed. Now imagine thousands of these little dots covering the entire surface of the garment....
*0__o....yeah.
It's silk. It's blue. It's way cool. It's also in perfect condition and it's going to kill me to take it apart to make it into something else....
ON the OTHER hand...this shibori is slightly damaged (stained) so I have no problem taking it apart.
The difficulty with shibori is that when you wash the silk...these really cool dimples will disappear, hence there is no such thing as *cleaning* shibori. Part of the charm of the fabric is the totally awesome texture....
This would make a seriously wicked scarf....or doll dress...or soft sculpture animal....or all of the above. :)
calm
GAH!
That aside...I just tried it and if you open up your WORD program (I assume you have that) you can just SELECT/highlight and scroll down this page, and COPY what you want then PASTE it into a file.
Save that as you would any other word doc. and print it up. It should work fine.
*hides under chair in embarrassment*
Also love that blue fabric. So many shades. Would make a great scarf. I think I can understand your fascination with this stuff now^_^
As for the blue....*snaps*...I NEVER thought of a scarf and you're VERY right! Yes it would *makes note to self*
I have actually purchases pieces of fabric for exactly that reason. I simply want to frame the cloth because it says something to me....
*another project gah*....seriously I do have to start on these projects when life slows down a bit.
Today there are two soccer games for my son and then I need to start on that Forbidden Fruit commission ...tomorrow I'm out of town at a 60th birthday party all day...Monday back to the artwork ...
heh...at least I'm never bored. :)