roketsuzome is traditional japanese wax resist dying, a batik process. my mom and i did a class at the yamamoto roketsuzome studio in kyoto...

this is the view of ohara kobo , a plant dye workshop in ohara , which is a small town an hour north of kyoto . i was really excited to try...

this is the japanese indigo plant, or polygonum. in japanese, it's called tadeai. ai is indigo as in 'aizome' means indigo dyein...

being in japan, i can't get to the renegrade craft fair in new york or chicago this year. i had a great time in chicago last year, and ...

since summer is here, the handmade market at chionji temple in kyoto (the 15th of every month) has been really busy. lots of cute new summer...

i'm back in japan, and have tons of pictures to post from last week's handmade market and a natural dying workshop i did with my mom...

i'm rushing around getting ready for a vacation trip that starts this weekend. i'll be shipping all received orders on friday (japan...

oh my god, how exciting! i feel positively giddy. AND...people are buying the items, which is good for the awesome gocco artists, but means...

ever since i posted about the bueys bunnies, i've been thinking about my other felt hero, andrea zittel. she is a very cool young contem...

i just got an email from andrea of owly shadow puppets announcing that her new website is up and running. i bought one of her puppets last ...