THE MAGIC FINGERS OF REIKO OKUNUSHI. Whatever she puts her hands to paper, cotton, silk, even rice in her delicious onigiri and out of this world shrimp and lotus root patties, Okunushi san is a wizard at making things. And she has been creating her joy filled creations for Blue and White and delighting all who visit the shop for years. All covering a bamboo core. A covey of fat Hime Darum.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Yesterday Ispent the most delightful day with my sister here. At the stables at St Agnes Homestead. That is, I was learning how to draw with pencil and inks. The above images are of the beautiful, nature-filled artwork by the very talented, very lovely, and very inspiring artist Sarah Gabriel. I cannot remember the last time I have felt so totally immersed in what I was doing - the hours just flew by! Such a lovely way to spend a Monday.

Adventures in textiles during a 2-week visit to Kyoto. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. By chance, several years later we found ourselves weaving side by side at the Silk Weaving Studio. It was a very sad day for me when Chisako and her husband returned Japan in 2007. Monday, September 27, 2010.

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Okinawan islands used to be an independent kingdom called Ryukyu . Okinawan people have very rich textile tradition. Okinawan textiles and plants fiber weaving of Japan. BASHO is a certain kind of banana tree in Japanese, and FU means fabric or cloth.

Show along with Naked Shapes,. An ingenious exhibition of largely post-war objects made in Japan using repurposed aluminum scraps. Tone which the textiles, especially, embodies.