blue and white bojagi
bojagi number 3 blowing in the early morning breeze.
somehow the idea of wrapping cloths and Japanese furoshiki have captured my imagination. This one has scraps that hold memories and so I’ll keep it.
I’ve added some tiny folded squares in one corner. Chunghie Lee calls them pine nuts and states they are “often used to trim the one corner of a wedding BoJaGi that will show after the piece is folded”.
I like to start with an interesting fabric piece and build around it. The shibori stars are a workshop sample on silk satin.
the medium blue with darker stripe pattern is my first shifu, cut and spun at Kawashima in 1987.
and the “eyes” are woven warp shibori scraps used in a wall hanging.
the next bojagi is already on the cutting board!
OH Jean this is beautiful. I love how the sun shines through.
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Years ago we had two Japanese exchange students and they brought two furoshiki as gifts. These are so beautiful with memories sewn together.
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An absolute beauty, I wonder how you find the time to do all this and have a ‘normal’ life as well (working, cookin, shopping, etc).
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wonderful way to keep memories!
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I love this blue and white bojagi a lot, but I also like your other ones too. I hope to dye some cotton in different shade of blue and make one after the tour. Love it, thank you – Hugs Nat
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i didn’t think i could like one even more than mine, but this is lovely. i look at mine all the time, up close it’s so different than far away. i hadn’t thought about using it to wrap something.
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and I still like yours the best – and I’m so happy that you have it. I have used furoshiki ever since I discovered them and the Japanese use paper to wrap the same way, it makes everyday items seem special and it’s like opening a present whenever you unwrap something.
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Jean, your pojagi piece is great especially against the light ! (there was a great article in a textile crafts magazine here, about this great Asian artist who used the thinnest of cloths !) Must try that myself some time ….though I’m not exactly sure how to
Love the “domino” knitting ! (did the striped ones, and I have a stash in a drawer to make another one ….. when I can find the time for it 😉 ….)
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asia-crunch — thank you.
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