"Weaving comes down to the weaver,And the weaver is determined by his/her heart." Why? Because... "As long as the firm...
Words to Grow Over Time
Blessed by Nature
Sometimes, a single book can change the course of a life. For Taketsune Kubota, that book was E Kasuri—one of the first holistic...
The Only Way to Be Better, Is to Better Yourself.
The only way to be better is to better yourself “When it comes to weaving, you can never achieve anything higher than yourself....
A Word from a Late Starter
"Weaving comes down to the weaver,And the weaver is determined by his/her heart." Why? Because... "As long as the firm foundation is there, any skills or techniques, no matter how extreme or other-worldly, can be built upon it." He also said, "One's technique or skill...
Blessed by Nature
Sometimes, a single book can change the course of a life. For Taketsune Kubota, that book was E Kasuri—one of the first holistic study of a distinctive style of ikat textile that features more pictorial, expressive motifs than its geometric counterparts. At the time,...
The Only Way to Be Better, Is to Better Yourself.
It’s something that’s been said many times in the past, common sense, one may say. However, I don’t know any maker who has said the word with such depth and richness.
Good Things Always Spread.
People think I’m Japanese.
Well, I am. But it’s been so long since I had miso soup and rice for a breakfast.
The World Changes the Moment You Say Yes.
I hate to be pushed. I hate to feel small and inadequate. I have to gather my courage to face criticism or even neutral feedback. As a writer, I used to dread opening any emails with feedback: I would visualise “NO”, red lines crossed all over the page, and every...
Do the Ordinary Extraordinarily
in that strive for the extraordinary, do we feel exhausted by the constant look-up, the perpetual not-enough-ness?