Next time we are in Kyoto we will probably be on the lookout for this shop, . We love the collaboration between this specialty materials store and Kutani Tsutsumi, a pottery manufacturer established in 1860. The shop offers supplies for making your own thimble and bamboo string tassels. The exquisite tassels incorporate a hanging thread from above, a Kutani thimble as a cap and a tufted yarn for the skirt. They also create other versions of tassels which we are anxious to see up close.
You can find Art Fiber Endo on their , and , a Japanese handmade marketplace.
Images: Courtesy of Art Fiber Endo.
