Looking for a new hobby? Try the traditional Japanese cloth craft of tsumami zaiku

Looking for a new hobby? Try the traditional Japanese cloth craft of tsumami zaiku

Shift from folding paper to folding cloth to create beautiful hair ornaments, earrings, and decorations for any occasion.

Tsumami zaiku was developed during the Edo Period (1603-1868) as a way to enhance the beauty of kimono with hair ornaments that represented the traditional Japanese themes of natural seasonal beauty. Time-honored patterns included chrysanthemums, sakura blossoms, and cranes, but modern tsumami zaiku has a much more lenient design that includes objects like stars and roses.






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Making a tsumami zaiku ornament is no easy task. It requires intense focus and concentration to fold the numerous pieces of square cloth, which are then intricately bonded together to a base with glue and attached to a hair comb, hair clip, or other fastening object.





Hair accessories aren’t the only option either; necklaces, earrings, and small decorative ornaments are also possible and popular. If you can fold it, you can make it. Check out the video below for a brief look at the detailed process of tsumami zaiku and get ready to open your Etsy store!

▼ Japanese only, but look at the pretty things!

Source: CuRAZY
Top image: Twitter/@harumai_ko

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