An interesting story for an interesting piece of Boro & Kofu (Japanese Vintage Fabric).
We clearn the rice chaff from the fabric. The Japanese used to put rice chaff for the dehumidifyier purpose.
It is difficult to find out “how old” the vintage fabric is. However, by cleaning rice chaff, we see that the fabric old enough.
古布の中に入り込んでしまっている籾殻を取り出す作業。昔、乾燥剤として使われていた籾殻。
手間はかかりますが、この籾殻があるということは、古布であるという、ある意味証拠で。
2017-12-19 05:44:40
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Very interesting!!