Made To: Tell Stories. The Hirokawa Files, Part 2
Welcome back to my several part series on the life of one of the best people I know: Teruo Hirokawa If you haven't read the first part of...
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Cassandra Harada
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Made to: Celebrate Tradition and Be Together
This month we're going to have a Christmas market on the 23rd from 10:00 am to 5:00pm. Please come around if you have time! There will...
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Cassandra Harada
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Made to: communicate. Just a few things while I catch my breath...
If you've followed this blog from the beginning, you'll notice a few differences. First being: it's on a completely different website...
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Nov 26, 20236 min read
Made To: Mourn
“Hurt an artist, and you’ll see masterpieces of what you’ve done” - unknown This is not the first thing I wanted to talk about here, but...
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Nov 26, 20237 min read
David's sweater...
If you haven't noticed (via love and wool), my favourite thing in the world is fairisle knitting. I love stranded colour work. I adore...
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Nov 26, 20239 min read
Made To: Weave
When I was 23, and a new immigrant to Japan, I wandered into a craft supply store near my apartment and was agog at the wide array of...
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Nov 26, 20237 min read
Made To: Protest
In the last six months of my life, (which I’ve decided to call “The great depression”) I have noticed another emotion bubbling to the top...
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Nov 26, 20232 min read
Made To: Work. Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop
Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop The "Goat Coat": Part 1 On Sunday I get the privilege of spending 8 hours making coats. It's the only day...
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Nov 26, 20235 min read
Made To: Tell the Truth. My thoughts on hand craft, transparency and what I put into the world.
I was watching some old clips of an Anthony Bourdain series called “Raw Craft” this afternoon. There is a quote in the intro that made me...
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Nov 26, 20233 min read
Made To: Work (part 2) Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop
Another Sunday came and went. The inevitable drum beat of change is overwhelmingly loud once again. I fucking hate that sound....
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Cassandra Harada
Nov 26, 20234 min read
Made To: Work, Part 3. Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop
"The Goat Coat": Part 3. Tailoring comes on Tuesday this week. What a lucky bit of alliteration. I decided to keep an open mind on my...
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Cassandra Harada
Nov 26, 20233 min read
Made To: Be Useful
Our Iteration of a Tokyo Necessity... The "farmhouse blanket shawl" On my way home recently I became trapped in a Tokyo commuter train...
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Cassandra Harada
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Made To: Work, Part 4. Scenes from a Tokyo Tailor Shop
It's been a minute. Between making jumpers and preparing for autumn, and all of the micro-jobs involved in having a small studio, and...
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Cassandra Harada
Nov 26, 20236 min read
Made To: Tell Stories
The Teruo Hirokawa Files: Part 1 The Beginnings of a Master Tailor I have no idea where a person should begin when telling the life story...
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Cassandra Harada
Nov 26, 20234 min read
Made To: Sing
The Tsubame Trousers Autumn has finally crept in. Per usual, the winding down of another year has me wallowing in nostalgia. I’m not sure...
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Jun 10, 20232 min read
Another Introduction...
Hi. I’m so glad you are here. I'm Cassandra. Please join me in taking up space. Lift your shirt, and let us gaze at our navels together....
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