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Dye Ceremony

The day was beautiful. The setting perfect. The ceremony perhaps less of a ritual atmosphere than I would have liked (but as my friend Susan said, perhaps Izukura realizes how little tolerance and experience westerners have of ritual). We sat in the circle of the riverside gazebo, in this early spring wind and sun, and dyed beautful scarves, each woven in two weaves to give texture to the wisp of color that resulted. The dyes were from plants and insects (mine, a final soft grey) was dyed with cochinil. 

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Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 07:36AM by Registered Commenterelcielostudio in , | Comments1 Comment

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oooh - how zen. Lovely that you have the weather to have this beautiful ceremony outside. Can we see the fabric unbound?
February 27, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterrayna

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