Wisteria "Okuso" Brooch
| Hiroko Sakane Wisteria "Okuso" Brooch Wisteria weaving involves creating thread from the vines of wild wisteria growing in the mountains to make cloth. The work begins with cutting wisteria in the mountains, followed by stripping the vines, boiling ash lye, beating the wisteria, flattening it, spinning the wisteria, twisting the yarn, warping the loom, setting up the warp, mounting the loom, and finally weaving. The cloth is produced through this dizzying array of painstaking, hand-crafted processes. The Wisteria "Okuso" Brooch is woven using the sashiko technique, made from threads spun from the scraps produced during the wisteria beating process. The natural color is the inherent hue of the wisteria fibers; the gray is dyed with yashabusi (Japanese sumac); the brown is dyed with persimmon tannin and chestnut. Wisteria weaving, born from the blessings of nature, human hands, and time, reveals an irreplaceable beauty that heals us. Warp: Wisteria thread Weft: Wisteria fiber waste yarn Size: Vertical 5cm. Horizontal 5.5cm |
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