Aaarg! Foiled!

[telophase]

So I set the TiVo to catch this travel show called Grannies on Safari, which was visiting Kyoto, a hot-springs resort, and Tokyo, to see if there was anyplace that looked interesting. One of the places they visit in Kyoto is a workshop or something where they paint kimono, and they got to paint (well, stencil, really) squares of fabric with traditional kimono patterns, and then went and watched women hand-painting kimono fabric which will eventually be made into very expensive kimono. That looked interesting, so I went to their website to see if they mention what the name of this place is ... nothing like that on the website. They really want you to buy the DVD set. I figure no problem, I'll see if it's listed in the credits. Well unfortunately, the screen freezes halfway through the show and stays like that until the end, when the TiVo switched to start taping Bleach. Aarg!


ETA: Witness the Powah of the Librarian! I found it! And it's eminently reasonable to paint small items like furoshiki, placemats, handkerchiefs, etc. rachelmanija! Let's do it! :D

ETA2: There are designs like the ancient traditional penguin

ETA3: Oooh, a shibori museum and craft center, where you can take a 2-hour class and dye something! (Shibori is an awesome method of dyeing that is not well served by translating it as "tie-dyeing." It's way more complex and doesn't look a thing like crappy tie-dye T-shirts.

ETA4: Nishijin Textile Center, where you can see weaving, or weave yourself (my mom weaves, so I don't have the urge to go weave, because I can do that whenever I want. :D) But I do want to go to it.

Adachi Kumihimo Gallery, for Japanese braiding, of which I've done a little, so it'd be cool to see.


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[frostedelves.livejournal.com]

ETA3: Oooh, a shibori museum and craft center...

"There are many people love tie-dyed cloth in the times. Therefore, it thinks that it wants to tell a keeper."

Truer words were never spoken. *nod*

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hey, it is the work for which the endurance is necessary.

[frostedelves.livejournal.com]

It became. *nods* :D

[fuchsoid.livejournal.com]

*green with envy*

The shibori museum looks really interesting - I've been trying to learn shibori for some time. I like the traditional penguin, too. We're going to want many, many pictures of all this!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I've only got so far as staring at pictures in books and sternly telling myself that I shouldn't spend money to start yet another hobby. :)

I shall take as many pictures as I can!

[bewilde.livejournal.com]

I've done some of the stitched shibori - it is surprisingly easy!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nifty. :D I haven't gotten any farther than looking through books and thinking about it yet, but I think I want to try it out at the shibori center, which would be fun.

[kate_nepveu]

Cool!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

And, since textiles pack small, great souvenirs! XD

[ginkage.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Kumihimo gallery! Oh, if I ever make it to Japan I will definitely go there.

Until then, I'll just play with my happy fun foam kumihimo disks until I'm blue in the face. :)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

My mom gave me a kumihimo disk, book, and embroidery thread for Christmas with the promise of a chunk o'money for supplies if I decide I like it. I do like it ... I just haven't had the time! Arg!

But I want to go by the gallery - and maybe I can buy pattern books that have good enough illustrations without needing to read the text there.

[ginkage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's my problem, too. Finding the time for it! XD Hopefully, once my move is over, I'll have more time to think about it. I still need to get the square foam card from BraidersHand (http://www.braidershand.com) so that I can do flat braids. :)

That and I found that Weir Dolls and Crafts (http://www.weirdollsandcrafts.com/kumihimo) has 5-yard hanks of silk embroidery floss for relatively cheap. :D

Pattern books are my collectibles, now. :) If I find them and have the money, I buy them.

[eldanis.livejournal.com]

How long will you be in Kyoto for? When I went, I really wished I could have stayed longer than I did, because there's cool stuff EVERYWHERE. I went to the Kyoto Handicrafts Center (which may not be the *actual* name, but I can look at the brochures and stuff that I saved) - it had at least five floors, lots of shopping, areas where people demonstrated traditional crafts, and the top floor had hands-on activities. It was also nice because most of the staff were English-speaking.
Other stuff you should do in Kyoto: go to Gion (the main 'upper crust' shopping area, and also where the Kabuki theatre is and where Geisha can be spotted; it's very pretty at night because of all the old-style lamps and such), then, a few streets across the river from Gion is a huge fish market, but the streets in-between are awesome for cheaper shopping. I found some thrift stores there and I think the staff started to recognize me because I kept going back to them and finding more stuff.
And, of course, there are a lot of temples and shrines you won't want to miss. Will you be going to Fushimi-inari or Himeji Castle?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

We're there for a week. We haven't figured out specifically what we're going to do and see yet, but I know I want to mess about with crafts and textiles, so I will definitely put the Handicrafts Center on the list. :D And thanks for the tips - the Gion at night sounds wonderful. :D (Feel free to make more recommendations!)

[marith.livejournal.com]

The English on that shibori site is weirdly perfect. I hope they don't fix it.

Also, I would like teleportation service to Kyoto now please.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's got a certain élan, doesn't it? :D

I am getting myself all excited about Kyoto now. XD

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

That looks fantastic! Shibori is one of the wonders of the world---the amount of time that can go into a small piece in service of a beautiful result awes me.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

You must do it! And then report back!