TextileMonthClub

The full twelve-month set will include an elegantly polished wood box with a glass lid along with the following textile samples:

oboro-bingata

kumihimo fabric

nishiki-ori (taqueté)

kanoko-shibori

shifu (paper weave)

kiri-biroudo (cut and looped velvet)

urushi-ori (lacquer weave)

tsudure (tapestry weave)

24k gold kara-ori

kusakizome (yuuzen natural dyes)

kasuri fukuro-ori (ikat double weave)

24k gold saganishiki (paper warp twill weave)

Japanese Textile of the Month Club

Start your subscription by clicking on the PayPal button below. The first payment is $60 plus postage and CA sales tax (if applicable). This includes the beautifully made, hinged wood box in your choice of ebony-black lacquer or rich mahogany red, along with your first sample–hand-dyed oboro-bingata silk chirimen from Okinawa.

Afterward you will be automatically billed $18, plus postage and CA sales tax if applicable, by PayPal on a monthly basis, with your monthly sample mailed out as soon as payment is received. You may cancel at any time.

All samples are hand-woven/hand-dyed in the highest quality Japanese silk or the featured fiber (paper/cotton in the case of shifu-ori). The actual samples are one-of-a-kind representatives of the featured technique and may vary a bit from the photos shown on this page.

Each sample is mounted on an acid-free, dye-cut paper frame, allowing the textile to be viewed easily from both the front and the back - so important to fully appreciate the techniques employed!