Block Printing Illustration
I made a block printing sample. The image is taken from an old picture I took. The size of the wood block was too small (postcard size) so I couldn’t carve the details…!
Cats Drawing
I tried to draw a lots of cats with only my memories. It’s an experimental drawing, trying different styles, medium and surfaces, etc. It was fun but frustrating at the same time because I found…
Embroidered Covered Buttons
It’s been a while since I started embroidery and here are some pictures of work in progress and finished work. Cross stitching is fun and making patterns with the technique has a lot more restriction…
Block Printing and New Pattern Design
I’ve been designing new patterns for my shop on Spoonflower and I’m trying a new approach to create patterns – it’s making rubber stamps. It’s a very analogue way to experiment (maybe most of design…
Craft Book: Japanese Hand Embroidery “Totsuka Embroidery”
The other day I bought a book on hand embroidery. The craft book introduces embroidery works of “Tostuka Shishu (embroidery)“, which was established by Kiku Totsuka in 1950s. The technique used in this book is…
Roostery Blog Feature
A couple of months ago, I got interviewed by Roostery and it was featured on their blog. Roostery is an unique home décor marketplace where you can select surface designs and create your own housewares….
Studio Visit: Screenprinter PataPri
I visited my friend and textile/printing artist “PataPri”. Her studio is by the sea in Akiya, Yokosuka, Japan, and you could get all the great ocean view from the room she works at. I regretted…
Pattern Design File: MARI
This MARI design was inspired by a shell but it also looks like a traditional Japanese ball TE-MARI so I named the pattern after it. Type: Surface pattern design Design: MARI Technique: Paper…
How to Make Inexpensive Weaving Spare Shuttles with Wire
When you weave using many colour yarns, you might want to prepare as many shuttles as your yarns. But shuttles are not very cheap. Then I found an easy way to make spare ones with…
How to Make Yarn Wrappings for Woven Fabric Designing
When I weave or knit, the first thing I do is to make yarn wrappings. Because I love this process I usually forget about time and just keep making many of these. Yarn wrapping is…
Sample Weave: Plain Weave Checks
Here’s my sample weaving project with rigid heddle loom. I tried to do things systematically and first thing I did was selecting yarns and made several yarn wrappings to find colourways I like. Then I…
New Publication for Crafters
Earlier this year, I received a copy of this book “The Crafter’s Guide to Patterns”. It’s written by Jessica Swift, a talented artist and pattern designer from Portland, Oregon USA. I’m truly honored to be…