tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post6147493610455772742..comments2024-02-28T21:55:28.899-08:00Comments on True Stitches: Shifu or Not Shifu?Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-88674304344043182992011-07-27T08:53:02.565-07:002011-07-27T08:53:02.565-07:00Jean-Pierre emailed me with this info:
I just spo...Jean-Pierre emailed me with this info:<br /> I just spoke to Mrs. Mandu about the washi / Japanese paper and silk weaving. You have an example and I have one too, a narrow obi of burnt orange and cream white stripes. <br /><br /> Mrs. Mandu says that it is an example of the larger group of sakiori, which you know all about. Usually, recycled cloth is used for sakiori but sometimes washi and silk was also used. She says that the washi is light and warm so it was useful in colder areas. In fact she says that it would only have been made in colder areas, like the Tohoku region.<br /><br /> The example I have is an obi Mrs. Mandu's grandmother gave to her mother. It would have been made some time between 1900 - 1930. She also says that making washi / silk sakiori lasted up to the start of the war. After that, I guess tastes changed and it was also expensive because washi is not cheap. Her mother never used the obi because she thought it was something only a country bumpkin would wear.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-50437857488333272282011-07-25T03:04:09.262-07:002011-07-25T03:04:09.262-07:00Hi. Yah, I have a piece of obi like the one you h...Hi. Yah, I have a piece of obi like the one you have, woven with washi (Japanese paper) and silk. I have been told that this kind of weaving is no longer done. I forget the Japanese name for it but I will ask the ever-educational Mrs. Mandu for you.<br /><br />Jean-PierreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-53999264685159632432011-07-20T09:16:09.434-07:002011-07-20T09:16:09.434-07:00great shifu, think Habu carry a silk that is simil...great shifu, think Habu carry a silk that is similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-62711304540515593672011-07-19T22:05:32.371-07:002011-07-19T22:05:32.371-07:00Fascinating, I love textile mysteries. Your shifu ...Fascinating, I love textile mysteries. Your shifu is also very intriguing, I love the colour and the effect when woven.blandina https://www.blogger.com/profile/00116066798221969471noreply@blogger.com