offering to aizen-myoo

460 x 460

dip-dyeing, braiding, painting
stitching, assemblage

Japanese washi, indigo dye
cotton and gold threads, bamboo stick
cardboard box, found object

Hiroyuki Shindo's indigo vats are set into the ground in groups of four in the traditional manner, with a small hibachi at the center of each group to keep the earth warm in the freezing winter months.
His organic vats are fed with saki, rice bran and honey. Up on the wall sits a little altar with a dip-dyed washi kimono.
"The first dip in the new vats at new year is always offered to Aizen-Myoo, protector of the vats," he said.
This is my offering, with the addition of a small prayer votive.