Creativity, Life, Inspiration, and Design

This is the blog of Susan Lazear, Creative Director and owner of Cochenille Design Studio, a company that produces software for the textile arts, and Professor of Fashion at Mesa College in San Diego, California. www.cochenille.com

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Indigo Dyeing with Hirojuki Shindo in Japan

Two trains and two buses. That is what it took for us to get to the magical village of Kita in Miyama, which lies 60 km north of Kyoto, ...

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Shots from the Ginza

The Ginza is the most popular up-scale shopping district in Tokyo. Here is the shot late afternoon Sunday. And a little l...

Go Apple!!

Go Apple!!!! as an Apple fan since the late 80's, I was delighted to see how popular the IPhone is here. And, of course the stores a...

Design on the Street in Tokyo

Check out the design of the cross walks in the Shinjuku area of downtown Tokyo. I'm sitting in a restaurant overlooking the streets of o...

Monday, September 28, 2015

Shibori Technique #2

Technique Two: Fold, Clamp, and Dye The second workshop I took at the Kyoto Shibori Museum involved techniques of folding, clamping, and...

Saturday, September 19, 2015

A great surprise... Silk in the River

If you had asked me, what would you like to see in Japan (related to textiles), I would have told you... I would like to see fabrics in the...

Street Fashion in Kyoto

This weekend marks the beginning of several days of holidays here in Japan. There are lots of festivities going on. Yesterday we walked to ...

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