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i was sitting there for a while
Bon An Sha in Koyasan .. organic vegetarian and gluten free caf
Owning a tea cup
I was walking among Buddhas in napkins...
Woman was not allowed to enter area of Koyasan temples for centuries
only for about last 150 years we- woman can enter Koyasan..all temples here are 1200 years old
Now I am sleeping at a temple and have television in my room, there is sign that say "gentleman" on one door and "woman" on the other it leeds to the hot baths..
.. before there was 1200 temples here..
woman were allow to pray…outside the gates of the mountains, they could come to the outside of the plato and walk around and pray.. this paths are called Ladys walks.. not because they are easy.. today hikers use this "walks".
I will go one ladies walk tomorrow… i want to feel how it was to be left outside in the forrest in the freezing cold to pray.
In Tokyo
Still zombienized in the mornings.. sleepwalking i went to Tokyo Art Center it was hundreds of graduating students work on display.. such a feast so much emerging talents… i did not realized when 3 hours went.. i hope to go there again before i live.
Temporary Galleri Halvarby
During the summer I decided to work with plant dyeing and printing using only what I just found in my new garden: flowers, berries, weeds and rust became pigments in the plant and rust heaven.
Process
Process , i like process more then the final result. Process is in flux, the end product is like someone else's property.
Colours
natural dyes, only eatable ingredients.
Shades of gray with vanilla
about Wabi Sabi by l. koren
Vintage sheets naturally dyed with flowers and berries from the garden, the shades are magical.. the top pillow cover is more than 100 years old, made of linen.. a treasure.
Rust printing
Lives printed linen, overprinted with rust give the interesting effects with the printed motive
Eco printing
lots of water..water, the house is smelling with a strange perfume of boiled flowers but i like the results.. from august experiment.
Lunch
Gray day dye
so love this picture, making of grey dye solution..
Natural dyes
Sun sensitive
Relatively easy process of letting the sun make the job and use lives to organize beautiful patterns
Upcycling: turning textile waste into sustainable fashion
In a recent live chat, a panel of sustainable fashion experts joined us to explore how upcycling is infiltrating the industry
"[It] doesn't matter if it is clothes or furniture or food. If we know the story behind it, the time it takes to make it, to produce the materials, we will value it much more. Everybody that has ever created something ... knows what I am talking about. It is about transparency.
How do we make it easier for consumers to choose upcycled clothes, or will it always be a niche market?
Just as we appreciate designers who source their wool from UK mills, weave on hand looms in Scotland and produce in London, the materials used in upcycled fashion have an interesting story. This is where the desirability of upcycled fashion lies, explains Robinson. In contrast, Orsola de Castro, co-founder and co-curator of Estethica describes fast fashion and mass produced luxury as "empty vehicles."
However, a story alone isn't enough - few will buy a garment simply because it's upcycled. They key factor is design says Luise Barsch, co-founder of the Berlin based label aluc: "If the design is good, people will go for it."
Tea and dryed flowers for winter
colour… it is winter, tea and dried flowers, winter tones