Material

Grasscloth

Natural fibre, drawn rather than photographed. Abaca, jute, raffia and hemp are woven — warp over weft, with the slubs and butt joins the material cannot help having. Reed, arrowroot, bamboo and seagrass run one way only, as stalks laid side by side. Leaf is the wide flat strips of hyacinth and paper weave. Mineral is cork and mica. Real grasscloth has no repeat at all, so these are drawn long and irregular: at the recommended repeat the eye finds the fibre, not the join.

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