Masako Neville
Masako Neville is producing very nice traditional Japanese tie-dye scarves for the studio, using individually hand woven silk scarves from Thailand as her raw material. There are scarves dyed in natural plant dyes, a method called Kusaki-zome; wonderful colours shown off in this high sheen silk. There are also scarves using Japanese tie-dyeing methods called Shibori, that have been used for making kimono designs for centuries. She comes from an area of Japan famous for silk work, and used to enjoy watching her grandfather raising silk worms at home on a diet of Mullberry leaves he grew for that purpose.