A 19th Century Katazome Sampler: Mihon | Sri Threads. Home Page | www.habutextiles.com. Sri Threads : Commenting on the world of Japanese Folk Textiles…and more. Color and Texture: Three Rolls of Hemp Kaya | Sri Threads. Written on August 22, 2011 Since we are in late summer, I thought I would show some old rolls of hemp kaya, or mosquito netting, which is very much necessary in the hot, humid, buggy Japanese summers.
Kaya is usually produced in this family of colors: undyed, indigo dyed, and indigo which is over dyed with a yellow dye, as can be seen on the roll on the right. The middle roll is offered for sale on the webshop, here. Sometimes indigo dyed kaya has a blue/green look in certain lights; the warm color of the natural hemp can push a soft blue tone into the soft green color range. The three rolls are nested in an old, hand-hewn and repaired Korean wooden bowl. Under the bowl is a three panel fragment of an old, boro kaya, taken from the same tent as this one.
A Rare and Beautiful Boro Okuso Kimono: Woven from Hemp “Waste” | Sri Threads. Written on November 8, 2008 It’s been gloomy and grey here for days. This photo was shot midday, believe it or not: it looks like night time. I wanted to write a new post, and I wanted to show this incredible okuso kimono, possibly my favorite Japanese country textile here at Sri, so I decided to go ahead and work with the poor light.
Kuso or Okuso is waste or garbage. Okuso garments these days are extremely hard to find. Okuso garments are very much discussed and pictured in the fabulous book “Riches from Rags: Saki-ori &” Other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Rural Clothing. Japanese Textile Workshops 日本のテキスタイル ワークショップ. Japanese Textile Study Tour. Japanese Textiles.