Journal
Essays on Japanese textile history, craft, and the culture of ceremonial silk — alongside guides to caring for and living with ceremonial silk objects.
Two Runners in One
The Aki-No-Mori is a fully reversible table runner: both faces woven from Japanese ceremonial silk, each carrying a complete composition. Turn it over and the runner does not reveal an...
Two Runners in One
The Aki-No-Mori is a fully reversible table runner: both faces woven from Japanese ceremonial silk, each carrying a complete composition. Turn it over and the runner does not reveal an...
The Weight of Time
On the density of Nishijin obi silk, its thread counts, kinran gold thread and layered weave, and why weight is the first thing the hand notices.
The Weight of Time
On the density of Nishijin obi silk, its thread counts, kinran gold thread and layered weave, and why weight is the first thing the hand notices.
Silk in the European Room
How Japanese ceremonial silk sits in a Dutch, German or Swedish interior without reading as costume: on material quality, restraint and placement.
Silk in the European Room
How Japanese ceremonial silk sits in a Dutch, German or Swedish interior without reading as costume: on material quality, restraint and placement.
A Colour Palette for 2026
Four colours that returned to the Renaras atelier through 2026, kachi-iro and usu-momoiro among them: their origins in ceremonial silk and the rooms they suit.
A Colour Palette for 2026
Four colours that returned to the Renaras atelier through 2026, kachi-iro and usu-momoiro among them: their origins in ceremonial silk and the rooms they suit.
A Letter for the Year of the Horse
A letter from the Renaras atelier at the opening of 2026: the estates arriving, the obi being cut, the pieces left whole, and where the silk is going.
A Letter for the Year of the Horse
A letter from the Renaras atelier at the opening of 2026: the estates arriving, the obi being cut, the pieces left whole, and where the silk is going.
From Dejima to the Jordaan
How two centuries of Dutch trade through Dejima carried Japanese silk, lacquer and copper to Europe, and why an Amsterdam atelier still works in that lineage.
From Dejima to the Jordaan
How two centuries of Dutch trade through Dejima carried Japanese silk, lacquer and copper to Europe, and why an Amsterdam atelier still works in that lineage.