KOMEBUKURO: Boro inspired “rice bag”
Two Mondays, 1 to 3 pm –
Choose from March 2 & 9 or March 23 & 30.
KOMEBUKURO, drawstring rice bags, were traditionally used to carry rice as offerings to temples and shrines. They were often made from repurposed fabric and hand stitched.
BORO (rags, tatters). Due to economic hardships, the peasants of 17-19th century Japan had to extend the life of their clothing and textiles with patches of fabric reinforced with SASHIKO, (running stitches.).
Today, these pieces have become highly revered, not only for their utilitarian purposes, but as artistic expressions as they embody the Japanese concepts of WABI SABI (seeing the beauty in the imperfect, the impermanent) and MOTTAINAI (waste not).
Our Komebukuro bags will be boro-inspired. Workshop fee is $40 (includes some materials). Participants are asked to bring their own 1/8 or 1/4 yard of fabric, can be recycled or repurposed.
RSVP to jill@j-sei.org with “Boro” and preferred date.