I would definitely buy a Kimono with that on it.

...Also, how much would you charge for kanzashi?

Lovely!The blue is breathtaking!

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Thanks so much!

Thank you! The kanzashi range in price depending on what you'd like. The smaller, more simple pieces can go as low as $5, while the maiko sets go up a good deal - easily a couple hundred dollars. If you're interested in getting a kanzashi, just drop me a note that details what you'd like and I'll give you a quote on the price. Just keep in mind that I won't be opening my commissions again until November.

thank you so much. I'll be sure to send a note with details sometime soon.

No prob!

That looks amazing on a kimono. I guess the next trick is making it, eh? I wonder how that could be made...

a) Yuzen style dying or fabric paint/dye. Difficult, but with patience it would look stunning depending on the skill of the painter - I just happen to know one and he specializes in landscapes

b) Weaving it from scratch. Extremely difficult, and would take too long. Effect would be extraordinary though...

c) A cross between Yuzen style dying and embroidery. Yuzen dye in the larger area, embroider details. Still difficult, painstaking, but as the others, would be stunning.

I guess it would depend. If I had to guess I'd have to say the most expensive to do would be the weaving, as well as it being the most time-consuming. The next most expensive would be dying completely. The wax so that the dye isn't expensive, neither is dye, but to pay the artist...

Now, if I were to do it myself, and this were me, I'd Yuzen dye in blocks and embroider the details. Still far from easy, but the dye job would be simpler, and then the embroidering could be done in spare time. Silk embroidery thread isn't cheap compared to cotton, but it's still not outrageously expensive in Canada.

Not that I think you are going to make this kimono, lol, but it was also fun for me to think of ways it could be done in Canada. Oh look... I know a good silk supplier...

Thank you! Oh if only I could apprentice with a kimono dyer in Japan...

As for embroidery, I'm horribly notorious for starting and not finishing. I started embroidering a kimono about 5 years ago - to date I've finished a sleeve and a half. Then I bought a ro mofuku kimono with the hopes of embroidering some floral patterns on it last year - still haven't started that one... I think I'll stick to just sewing them - at least until I learn yuzen. XD