Considered Objects

10/15/2026

Wearing my phone in the studio has been surprisingly useful. I’m always losing it under a pile of fabric.

I made these with the canvas left from the tote. It’s a crossbody phone pouch, stiff enough to hold its shape, and I added a small card pocket on the outside. Each one has a crushed bloom made from silk kimono scraps, with a bit of hand stitching along the ribbon and strap.

There’s also a more detailed version, the constellation phone pouch, with freehand stitching across the back pocket and down the strap in silk thread.

So pleased with how they turned out, and happy to have found another use for this canvas.

10/13/2026

10/13/2026

Orders are open

The Constellation hanten, scarf, and crossbody phone pouch are now available online. Link in bio.

Each piece is embroidered entirely by hand with antique Nishijin silk thread from Kyoto, on a Kurume crepe woven by Kuwano Shinken, a third-generation weaver in Kurume. Every piece is made to order.

This release was brought together by wAi wAi, founded by Yumiko Sakuma. wAi wAi curates joyfully conscious goods rooted in Japanese craftsmanship, and this release joins traditional weaving, thoughtful garment making, and slow hand embroidery.

Hanten are available in M to XL. Because everything is stitched by hand, I can only take a very limited number of orders. Lead times range from 2 to 4 weeks depending on the piece.

This project means a lot to me, and I’ve stitched every piece with as much care as I can. Send me a message with any questions.

Thank you so much for being here for this one.

10/10/2026

Crossbody phone pouch in progress, silk kimono flowers, hand-stitched.

10/09/2026

The constellation hanten and scarf are made to order, in sizes S through XL.
Each piece is embroidered entirely by hand, by me, with antique Nishijin silk thread from Kyoto, so for now I’m taking a limited number of orders at a time.

The hanten is a modern take on the traditional Japanese half-jacket. Kuwano Home’s version is woven in crepe, a weave that gives a soft, fluffy touch and a subtle gloss that’s unusual in cotton, while staying breathable and warm.

Light, cozy, and easy to throw on around the house or out the door.

Made by KuwanoShinken, a third-generation weaver and maker from Kurume, using cotton threads dyed in Chikugo.

The dense hanten takes about 35 hours of hand embroidery, the lighter about 30, the scarf roughly a day. Lead time is 2 to 4 weeks depending on the piece.

You can see the dense and lighter versions side by side in photo 2.

There’s also a new little accessory I’m currently working on, the crossbody phone pouch. Same canvas as the tote, crushed silk kimono blooms, hand-stitched details, and a small card pocket on the front. Practical, but also a lovely way to carry a flower. I’ll share more as it comes together.

Orders open next week.

10/08/2026

I first came across Nishijin silk thread on a trip to Kyoto a few years ago. I saw an iro-uchikake, a traditional bridal kimono, that looked just like an oil painting. The colors were so deep, heavily embroidered, and it was incredible to see how pristine the thread still was after all these years.

I picked up a few skeins of Nishijin thread at a small shop and brought them home, not really sure what I’d make with them.

It’s my first time actually stitching with it now. It glides right through fabric, super soft under your hands, and settles completely flat once pulled through. Some of the skeins have tiny strands of gold leaf thread twisted in, so when the light hits it as you move, there’s this subtle sheen that’s hard to capture.

Here’s a little look back at where it started in Kyoto, and where it’s going.

1–3: The iro-uchikake in Kyoto. I could have spent days looking through all the kimonos.

4-5: A panel from a shiromuku, a white wedding kimono from my archive. The crane is hand-embroidered in Nishijin thread.

6-7: Threads collected over time. Nishijin, rare vintage mud-dye silks, some wrapped in gold leaf, mostly from small shops around Kyoto.

8: Cold weather experiments. Hand embroidering Nishijin silk onto reclaimed Scottish cashmere. More on this soon.

10/07/2026

The black hanten and scarf, for the cold days ahead.

Constellation hanten + scarf in black. Size M.

Made with KuwanoShinken, a third-generation weaver and maker in Kurume.

Both pieces are embroidered by hand with antique Nishijin silk thread. About 40 hours in all. The embroidery is denser than on the brown one.

A slow one, and I’m glad to finally share it.

More details coming soon.

10/07/2026

Constellation hanten + scarf in black (size M)

This is what 40 hours of stitching looks like, across the hanten and scarf.

I embroidered both pieces by hand with antique Nishijin silk thread. It’s naturally dyed in Kyoto and traditionally used on formal kimono and obi. The stitching on both is much denser than on the brown one.

Hand embroidery at this pace can’t be rushed or mass-produced. It takes a lot of time, and it isn’t the easiest path. But it’s the one I’m committing to, and growing into.

Some days my head is full of thoughts, and other days there’s no internal dialogue at all, just thread moving through cloth.

Those quiet hours are the part I love most, and I’m grateful to build a practice around this work.

Swipe to see the handwork up close.

10/05/2026

Constellation hanten + scarf

A brown hanten and scarf for cold days. Embroidered entirely by hand with antique Nishijin silk thread over the last three weeks.

The black version is still coming together. It has a lot more stitching and feels much denser, but it’s nearly ready. More on that tomorrow.

Happy to finally share this one with you.