The heat and humidity have arrived in Houston, TX USA, and the weather feels just like summer in Okinawa. At least a month has passed since i first started tilling and enriching my Ryukyu garden bed. So, this week i decided that it’s time…time to plant my Ito Basho seeds…i am a happy gardener… ItoContinue reading “I am a Happy Gardener…”
Tag Archives: Bashofu
Basho Spinning…it’s a challenge for me!
I’m still learning to spin Ito Basho threads on my basho spinning wheel…it’s a challenge for me! However, the spinners at Sensei Taira’s weaving studio…well, they spin beautifully!
Okinawan Folk Music – Bashofu
Bashofu “beautiful song of the homeland…mountains so green, skies so blue…beautiful people too” 1. Umi no aosa ni Sora no ao Minami no kaze ni Midoriba no Basho wa nasake ni Te o maneku Tokonatsu no kuni Washita shima Uchina 2. Shuri no kojo no Ishi datami Mukashi o shinobu Katahotori Minoreru basho Ureteita MidoribaContinue reading “Okinawan Folk Music – Bashofu”
Closet Wish…
Someday i will open my closet and see my closet wish come true…a closet full of handwoven bashofu hand-dyed with Ryukyu Ai (indigo)…there will be some Ikat birds in flight and sparkling dragonflies too…
Off We Go…”Ikimashou”
My Okinawa family said “Off we go to Kijoka. Let’s go!” “We’re off to Sensei Taira’s bashofu art studio ikimashou (let’s go)!”
A Weave is Lost…
My Okasan (mother) says that “a Bashofu weave is lost unless the threads are knotted”…so, i practice tying knots… There are 20,000 knots in a single handwoven Bashofu kimono…so, i practice tying knots the way my Okasan taught me…
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston – April 21
“Ryukyu Weaving: Fabrics that Guard the Spirit” Date: April 21, 2011 Time: 7:00 pm Where: Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) Location: Bayou Manor, 4141 South Braeswood, Houston, TX USA Note that my presentation fee will be donated to the Japan Red Cross to help the tsunami victims in dire need of our support.
I Dream…
I am a happy gardener…tilling, weeding, and enriching the soil. Soon my garden will grow to be an Ito Basho forest… As i garden, i dream…
Scharine Kirchoff, Fiber Artist 