"You know, I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is."
David Byrne
True Stories
"...and if I ever went solo my favorite MC would be me."
Phife Dawg
Midnight Marauders
© John Conner. Design Portfolio. 2019.
HOPE,
FEAR,
EXCITEMENT,
SATISFACTION.
1. Brewing water, yeast, koji, and additional steamed rice are combined in a tank.
2. The mixture is stirred thoroughly.
3. Temperature is strictly controlled during the mixing with vessels containing either hot or cold water. The mixture continues to be stirred.
1. The cloth is wrapped counterclockwise around the cylinder.
2. The cylinder is rotated counterclockwise to wind the thread around the cloth.
3. The bound cloth is twisted counterclockwise up the cylinder to compress it into folds.
4. Steps 1-3 are repeated until the entire cloth is compressed on the cylinder.
5. The cloth is brushed with funori, a seaweed.
6. The coated cloth is dried.
7. The compressed folded cloth is expanded to cover the cylinder.
8. The thread is unwound from the cloth.
9. The cloth is removed from the cylinder.
10. The cloth is reversed so that the funori coated side now faces the cylinder and is again wrapped counterclockwise, without stretching it.
11. The cylinder is rotated counterclockwise to wind the thread around the cloth.
12. The bound cloth is twisted counterclockwise up the cylinder to compress it into folds.
13. The compressed cloth is brought to one end of the cylinder.
14. The indigo dye is prepared.
15. The compressed cloth on the cylinder is dyed.
