Four poets gathered at Issoan on New Year’s Day 2020. It was a day filled with poetry, food, tea, sweets and incense. Each poet in turn composed a stanza of linked verse to complete a poem of 24 links.
The format of the poem was a list of 24 topics dedicated to the four seasons. …
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I just completed the week long seminar, Zen and Tea at Green Gulch Zen Center in California. The setting is serene and beautiful. Walking to Muir Beach is something that just feeds the soul. Waking the sound of birds and sitting zazen in the morning felt cleansing and empowering.
Thank you to all the sensei, …
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Shifuku are important protection for utensils, and part of temae for koicha is opening and handling of the shifuku for chaire. Each shifuku is custom fit for each utensil. Sometimes we find utensils without a shifuku, or the shifuku is badly damaged. Or perhaps you would like to use a bit of fabric to …
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Please join us for an introduction to Katazome workshop with textile artist and instructor Tyler Peterson. Fee $35 covers materials. To sign up see Margie or use the paypal button on the right to reserve your spot. Registration is very limited so sign up early.
Katazome is a surface design process used for centuries in …
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Last week we had a workshop on how to make a kobukusa taught by sempai Kate. The first thing we did is learn how to test fabric to find out the fiber content. Different fabrics react differently to being burned. Using samples of known content, we tested them by burning and comparing to the handy …
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