Studio

So, this week we are learning the Japanese process of katazome, which is a resist process. First, we design stencils with our prints. Then, ee make nori (a paste made of rice flour and some other ingredients) and apply it to empty spaces of stencils. After dyeing, we remove the nori to reveal white parts that resisted the dye.




These are some of my designs... arrows and eggs.

Past few days...

Here's an assortment of photos...




A Buddhist monk took us on a tour of the buildings/shrines in Kyoto. Here is a room with walls covered in buddhas. You throw special objects from the balcony and where they land on the buddha's footprints is supposedly a sign of your future.

The walls covered in buddhas.


Zen garden.

Traditional Japanese wedding ceremony.


Daisy on the Kyoto subway.

Tennis court in the courtyard of a former middle school and present day art center.

My new Japanese friends! Takashi and Sanao-- they go to the arts college here in Kyoto.


Uuskay and Takashi! More Japanese friends. (The peace sign is huge here).


Cheesy landscape shot. (For Mom.)

Hollyhock Festival. Parade!

Annual festival in Kyoto. Incredible costumes...

Catch up!

So, we are so busy here that it is hard to post after a long day of walking around Kyoto. Tonight, we moved to Kawashima Textile School on the outskirts of Kyoto.

This is what we have been up to... Visiting Textile studios.

Day Three: Around Kyoto

Ryoan-ji, the most famous Zen garden in Kyoto...













Kinkaku-ji, The Golden Pavilion














Traditional tea ceremony, Nashinoki Shrine.








Geisha Dance Performance, Kamo Odori. (By far the most spectacular thing we have seen in Kyoto, but I was told after I took these first couple of pictures that cameras aren't allowed in the theater. So, here's an idea of what it is like...)