kumo temari: katydid

Sunday, October 2, 2011

katydid

katydid —
caught by someone
waiting for the stars
– Issa (1768–1827)

This is a second version of no. 33, with a few changes. Creating it was easier this time around, having practiced on the first one. Rather than marking it as an S12, I just marked an S6, and added the graphite "division" lines after the bands, before the obi, placed by eye.

Black thread wrap with embroidery in dusky lavender, pale yellow, light olive green, & edging in graphite gray; a wide black obi (18ish rows) with "x"s over it at the bands. The haiku by Issa is in the bell box along with 9 brass rings. Circumference: 10 inches / 25 cm; diameter: 3.18 inches / 8 cm. Completed 1 October 2011 (no. 035).

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temari diagram

The temari is traditionally referred to in terms relating to the globe. Thus, the top and bottom are poles (north and south), and the horizontal circumference around the center is the equator (marked in red; it's called the obi, which is the sash around a kimono). The vertical gray lines represent the division lines that are marked with thread on the temari before stitching. This is a "simple 8" division (S8), resulting in eight equal "wedges," as if slicing an apple from top to bottom (wedges is not an official term, but it gets the idea across). Divisions include simple (S) and combination (C) — S4, S6, S8, S10, S12, and S16; C6, C8, and C10.