Randall Darwall Hand-dyed and Hand-woven Silk Eyelash Scarf Okinawa perhaps made to store crickets

perhaps made to store crickets

It is hard to capture the stunning presence of this hand-thrown vase in photographs

The box measures 10" in diameter (the plates measure just shy of that) and 2

but I think he or she was a pretty terrific weaver

Randall Darwall Hand-dyed and Hand-woven Silk Eyelash Scarf Okinawa perhaps made to store cricketsRandall Darwall (1948 2017), the masterful textile artist who created this Eyelash Scarf, conceived of dying and weaving as means of setting up a conversation between colors, and his finished, wearable pieces as kinetic sculpture. This handwoven scarf, a version of which is featured in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, is truly extraordinary; to wear it is to feel like a superstar. Made of hand dyed silk thread, it can happily be worn fall,