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Monthly Subscription: The first payment is $78 plus postage and CA sales tax (if applicable). This includes the beautifully made, glass-topped, hinged wooden box in your choice of ebony-black lacquer or rich mahogany red, 9" x 9" outside dimensions, along with your first sample - Japanese lacquer printing. Along with the monthly samples, you'll be able to participate in the Zoom-based gatherings held once a month, as well as download and keep these recordings for later reference.
Afterward, you will be automatically billed $22, plus postage and CA sales tax, if applicable, on a monthly basis and with your monthly sample mailed out as soon as payment is received. You may cancel at any time.
You will be billed separately for postage. International orders welcome.
Full Set at One Time: You may also opt to order the full set for delivery and save on postage. $295 plus postage and CA sales tax, if applicable. This includes the beautifully made, glass-topped, hinged wooden box in your choice of ebony-black lacquer or rich mahogany red, 9" x 9" outside dimensions, along with the full year's set of samples, and participation in the Zoom-based gatherings held once a month. You'll be able to download and keep these recordings for later reference.
All samples are hand-woven/hand-dyed in the highest quality Japanese traditions. The actual samples are one-of-a-kind representatives of the featured technique and may vary a bit from the photos shown on this page.
Each sample is mounted on an acid-free, dye-cut paper frame, allowing the textile to be viewed easily from both the front and the back - so important in fully appreciating the techniques employed!
Textile of the Month Samples -
Deluxe Editions
Textile of the Month sample sets have been reformatted into limited edition, deluxe versions.
Sample set ONE, TWO, and THREE are now available in a limited edition of ten each for as long as they last.
Each set includes participation in the monthly Zoom-based programs with the ability to download and keep the recordings of the sessions, a full compliment of the topics covered each year, as well as several additional samples to help collectors fully appreciate the nuances of each topic. All are mounted on acid-free, dye-cut mounts and housed in a beautiful Japanese blondewood box, 17" x 10.5" outside dimensions.
Past subscribers are welcome to do trade in of their old sets, as long as they are in pristine condition, to upgrade to these new collections.
$650 per set - or order all three for $1800.
You'll be billed for shipping costs once your order is ready to send.
Additional Benefits to Becoming a Member
–Each month, beginning in January, I will be presenting that month's category of textiles, highlighting the sample of the month. Included will be information of historical and cultural interest. As a member, you will be invited to participate in a Zoom meeting in which we watch the vid-clips and diagrams together. You’ll be able to ask questions and discuss the topic at hand.
The roughly half-hour plus presentation will be posted on on Vimeo. Participants will be able to download and the recording to keep with their collection. A recording with Q&A removed will be prepared and posted to YouTube for the general public but won't be available for general download.
–Periodically, I will be offering special shopping opportunities, pulling from my vast collection of textiles. Members will be able to shop ahead of non-members.
-Members will receive advance notice of all classes and events to help ensure you make it into that special program you’ve been waiting for.
–From time to time, I'll be offering culturally related programs and members will be welcome to join in, free of charge.
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Insect Repellent Incense for Textiles
Each box includes a set of ten sachet packets of top-quality Japanese-based insect repellent. If you'd like to find out more about the incense to help protect your own precious kimono, click on the image to the left.
If this subscription is to be a gift, please let me know when you sign up and I will gladly include a nice gift card from you saying so.
Textile of the Month On YouTube
The movie clips represented in the column to the left, below, were filmed as part of the 2023 Textile of the Month Club, Series One. Members received mounted samples of the textiles covered in this series and were invited to participate in the live Zoom talks, which were followed by Q&A.
The movie clips represented in the column to the right, below, were filmed as part of the 2024 Textile of the Month Club, Series Two. Members received mounted samples of the textiles covered in this series and were invited to participate in the live Zoom talks, which were followed by Q&A.
video clips–in monthly order of presentation
series one, 2023 recordings
01 Bingata–oborobingata sample, natural dyes on silk chirimen
series two, 2024 recordings
01 Yuuzen–like painted fans in their delicacy of imagery, we'll be discussing both Kyoto and Kaga styles –includes two samples
02 MinTsudure–what the Japanese call Ming-style tapestry weave, hand woven, silk
02 HonTsudure–Japanese-style tapestry weave / weft faced obi fabric – includes two samples
03 Velvet–combination but and uncut silk velvet
03 Meisen–screen printed kasuri dyeing which allows for quick turn around of timely patterns
04 KaraOri–a unique category of Japanese weaving which was initially an attempt to imitate T'ang Period Chinese embroidery
04 SagaNishiki–gilded paper warp with twill weave
05 KumiHimo/KumiOri–Japanese weaving on non-traditional looms
05 RadenOri–woven mother-of-pearl
06 Ooshima Tsumugi–mud-dyed ikat
06 Kyoukechi–complex clamp resist with safflower dye
07 UrushiOri–lacquer weave
08 Kanoko Shibori–small pattern tie-dye
07 Edo Komon–minutely patterned geometric imagery using stencils and rice-paste resist
These two samples will be discusses together in July.
08 Ise Katagami–hand-carved paper stencils used to apply the patterning in edo komon dyeing
09 NishikiOri–taquete-style weaving in silk
09 SakiOri–rag weaving
10 MonRo–patterned leno weaves
10 Kinkoma–couched textiles
11 KusakiZome–textiles making use of natural dyes
11 Moriage–high relief painted/coned imagery on silks
12 Shifu–paper-woven textile
12 Minomushi–bagworm skin appliqued and piece-quilted textiles
13 SumiNagashi–marbled textiles using ancient Japanese techniques
13 PlatinumOri–laminated strips of platinum woven with silk
series three, 2025 recordings
series four, 2026 recordings
01a Kushi-ori Weft– Comb-adjusted weft weave
Samples 1a and 1b
form a pair for this talk
01b Kushi-ori Warp–Comb-adjusted warp weave
02 Nami-ori–warp adjusted using shaped beater bars
03 Yoroke-ori–warp adjusted using variations on a fan reed
04 Sukui-ori–tapestry-like weave using picks and miniature shuttles
05 Kiribame–pieced and inlaid textiles
06 RoZashi–satin-stitch embroidery on leno-weave base
07 Rouketsu–wax-based resist dyeing
08 Hige-tsumugi–dangling thrums "bearded" weave
09 Mayu-sugata–meandering worms, non-woven textiles
10 Sarasa–Saracitic texlies – block, wax, vegetable, stencil printed designs
03 Sagara Shishuu–Sagara-style knotted embroidery
04 Aizome–indigo reduction-vat dyeing (two samples)
05 Chijimi and Shijira Weaves–crinkle-weave ramie and cotton (two samples)
06 Asa–bast fibers–hemp and ramie (two samples)
07 Bashoufu–Okinawan banana-fiber weave
08 Kappu–kudzu weaves (two samples)
09 Koubai–a unique Japanese checked weave
10 Tegaki–hand-painted silk
11 Donsu–satin-based figurative weave (two samples)
11 Tanzen–stripes and checks, wool and cotton for men's winter wear
12 Tsujigahana–shibori and hand painting techniques combined (two samples)
