kumo temari: a single thread in nature (3)

Sunday, August 5, 2012

a single thread in nature (3)

If one pulls on a single thread in nature, you'll find it attached to everything else.
— John Muir (1838–1914)

Here's the third of the triad stitched around the Muir quote (see the first here and the second here). Again, mutsume ami—the basket weave—like the first, but with 6 filled triangles and just two unadorned.

Thread wrap in silvery lilac gray, S4 division. Embroidery in violet, lavender, lilac, rust orange, and black. The quote by John Muir is in the bell box, along with 17 brass rings. Circumference: 9.5 inches / 24.5 cm; diameter: 3 inches / 7.8 cm. Completed 4 August 2012 (no. 134).

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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.