Saori weaving

Misa Jo the founder of Saori weaving says " weave every day" annually I like to challenge my self to do just that ! I wove a yard a day for 30 days. I started on Jan 10, and finished on Feb 11th. I finished the full 30 yards but could not stand to have that last yard left on the loom so on day 31 I wove off the last yard. so 31 yards in 31 days! Day one I started weaving my ( go here to see more on this warp ) indigo natural dyed warp past blog info click here hand dyed indigo warp I loved…

You have heard of Saori. And you have seen freeform art weaving. But you are not sure how freeform art weaving differs from Saori. Here's a breakdown.

Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the…

The History of SAORI — SAORI Global

Welcome Dawn to Saori Santa Cruz designing and sewing clothing class! Lets look at how this progression class went from hand woven cloth to jacket Here is Dawn's happy hand woven fabric she wove Saori style and brought to class in her luggage from Canada . I had the studio all ready for cutting and sewing and trying on…. Dozens of muslins to try and finished garments as well for ideas….. Dawn confess that in her soaking stage of her finished cloth she some how felted part of it . …. you can…

Saoriweaving: Creating without fear _Another way of weaving _Description, Origins, Technique, Materials, My way to do Saori, Gallery

Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the…

For all of you who are a bit too far away to be able to visit the Forum in the next month to see the banners, heres a little virtual tour :) Lots of close ups to see the textures :) In no particular order, with no prior plan, we hung the banners very intuitively. Our only constraints were height in some places - we couldn't block the security cameras etc! So, starting at the front of the Forum - Neutral striped wools - banner is going to become a cushion by Jane B. Shawl as a banner by Sue…