As you may know, Shibori is a traditional fabric dying technique which has been practiced in Japan for 1300 years. It’s believed that Shibori was among the goods donated by the Emperor Shoumu to the Toudai-ji Buddhist temple in Nara in the 8th century. These traditional methods are still used today, and are thought to have originated in China. What …

Something about a year by the sea, having my career mown flat by covid, and confronting an alarmingly clean slate… made me take a good hard look at my future… and I came to the conclusion I needed to be true to myself, to create, to stay close to nature and to try to make a difference in this world. …