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Wisteria Pigment: Fuji, the Undying Flower
In Japan wisteria is called fuji, a name some hear as fushi, "undying." For more than a thousand years it has been the flower of long life, devoted love and the quiet strength that outlasts every storm. Poets of the Man'yōshū, Japan's oldest poetry collection, wrote of its trailing purple blossoms. The great Fujiwara clan, whose name means "wisteria field," took it as their crest and ruled the imperial court for generations.
In the Kabuki dance Fuji Musume, the Wisteria Maiden, a spirit of the vine steps out of a painting and dances her longing for a love she cannot keep, then returns to the blossoms. Wisteria vines climb, twine and bind. They live for centuries, and some of Japan's great wisteria trees are older than the nations around them. The plant also only grew in Japan until recent times and was unseen outside of it.
That is why we gathered her for this working: to bind timelines to newer, better ones and hold them fast.
Hand-mulled from wisteria flowers and vines, this pigment carries that devotion into every brushstroke.
Our first batch of wisteria pigment didn't meet our standards, so we're re-mulling it by hand. It exists, it's coming, and it will be worth the wait. I promise!!!
Wisteria Pigment: Fuji, the Undying Flower
In Japan wisteria is called fuji, a name some hear as fushi, "undying." For more than a thousand years it has been the flower of long life, devoted love and the quiet strength that outlasts every storm. Poets of the Man'yōshū, Japan's oldest poetry collection, wrote of its trailing purple blossoms. The great Fujiwara clan, whose name means "wisteria field," took it as their crest and ruled the imperial court for generations.
In the Kabuki dance Fuji Musume, the Wisteria Maiden, a spirit of the vine steps out of a painting and dances her longing for a love she cannot keep, then returns to the blossoms. Wisteria vines climb, twine and bind. They live for centuries, and some of Japan's great wisteria trees are older than the nations around them. The plant also only grew in Japan until recent times and was unseen outside of it.
That is why we gathered her for this working: to bind timelines to newer, better ones and hold them fast.
Hand-mulled from wisteria flowers and vines, this pigment carries that devotion into every brushstroke.
Our first batch of wisteria pigment didn't meet our standards, so we're re-mulling it by hand. It exists, it's coming, and it will be worth the wait. I promise!!!