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After checking this website browsing for Japanese traditional art
After checking this website browsing for Japanese traditional art gift ideas, I found this. But for JPY14,904, I am motivated to make them myself. I ...

Here is the setup for the 48-tama Chionin braid, on my core stand
Here is the setup for the 48-tama Chionin braid, on my core stand ô-marudai. This is considerably less cumbersome than the previous floor model ô-ma...

Another lattice braid reconstruction: 56 tama, very simple
Another lattice braid reconstruction: 56 tama, very simple movements. Its a double 2-2 twill braid linked only on the edges. You can make the lattice ...

Had a nice review of designing and working a 60-tama ayagaki
Had a nice review of designing and working a 60-tama ayagaki braid. I love the pine motif, both pine needles and pine tree. The braid is riddled with ...

This is a takadai braid from Makiko Tadas CTB3: Takadai Braids 1
This is a takadai braid from Makiko Tadas CTB3: Takadai Braids 1 called Shippôgumi. It is 22 tama and I used some Japanese danzome (space-dyed) silk ...

For Donna Wahl-Martin, and anyone else interested in the why of
For Donna Wahl-Martin, and anyone else interested in the why of the well on a marudai: a picture is worth a thousand words. Many homemade marudai are ...

Here is the finished silk Narabi Karagumi, finally! I figure it
Here is the finished silk Narabi Karagumi, finally! I figure it probaly took me about 80 hours total. It is 60 (152cm) long and a little over an inch ...