effective use of kudzu make gorgeous fabric with kudzu workshop

Kudzu cloth was one of the most oldest clothe that Humankind wore　at the very first of his history.It is made of kudzu vine .It is one of the three great ancient clothes in Japan. The others are Shina-fu(Linden fabric) and Basyo-fu. Kudzu is still woven in the Shizuoka Prefecture Enshu area by us.

Every year people join our workshop from all over Japan . They were university student ,
housewife , school teacher , carpenter , researcher・・・etc. One of them was a Russian researcher who research old Japanese fabric　as a member of museum stuff.
Everyone who joined our workshop had nice character ,so they made friends each other soon .
They have kept contact till now and meet several times a year. That so pleased us.

- The 1st Kudzu cloth workshop
4. to 8th in August 2010
- The 2nd Kudzu cloth workshop
25th to 29th in August 2010

1st day cultivate kudzu and boil it . ferment it in bed which is made of silver grass leaves.
2nd day lecture. history of kudzu 　mean of color・・・etc. feast at night
3rd day: vegetable dyeing class
4th day: wash kudzu in river
5th day weave the kudzu fabric

WorkShop fee

$125/day

- Content
1st Day..lecture history of cotton , tools for spinning・・・etc.
2nd day cultivate cotton balls at cotton field
3rd Day Vegetable dyeing class
4th day weave with cotton yarn you made

Lecturer Mr.Tomohiko Terada and Mr.& Mrs. Murai

you can contact us by E-mail ,for further more information
tel +0547-45-4151 Fax +0547-45-3200
〒428-0021
1747 kanayakawara Shimada city Shizuoka Prefecture Japan


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