Today I am showing some photos that are about mood, texture and materials.The rolled and tied sashiko stitched cotton fragment sits in a hand carved soba noodle dough mixing bowl along with a ball of indigo, katazome dyed  Edo komon hemp cloth which was taken from a kamishimo.The massive wooden bowl, which was carved and hollowed from the cross section of a single tree, shows a metal plate that mends its lip.  The bowl’s wood is deeply colored, rich in patina and beautifully heavy.In the photo above, note the surface of the bowl’s interior.An old piece of indigo dyed cotton kasuri or ikat cloth is used to tie the sashiko stitched bundle.