Japanese straw tying/packaging

I saw a photograph in a book titled, "How to Wrap Five More Eggs,"
(which shows many ways of packaging and displaying products in boxes,
wrappings, weavings of straw and rice stems, etc.) that showed four or
five squares of tofu hung on a woven or tied length of straw, knotted
at the top to hang. The page opposite showed "kaga mochi" squares hung
similarly with rice stems in a beautiful design, also.

Does anyone know of a source to find instructions for tying/weaving
those hanging straw devices? They'd look really great holding tiles,
or wood blocks or thick paper with designs on them.

Thanks for any pointers.

The book is full of gorgeous black and white photographs of other
forms of packaging that could inspire many other artistic ideas. The
first book, "How to Wrap Five Eggs," is harder to find, and very
expensive to buy used (like $300+), but some libraries still carry it.
I hope to borrow a copy through a library loan program to see it's
photographs, also.

Dana

Gee according to Amazon they sell it for about $70 used
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...34801086/all/r
ef=dp_pb_a/104-1116786-8792767

Sunny

"DB" wrote in message
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I saw a photograph in a book titled, "How to Wrap Five More Eggs,"
(which shows many ways of packaging and displaying products in boxes,
wrappings, weavings of straw and rice stems, etc.) that showed four or
five squares of tofu hung on a woven or tied length of straw, knotted
at the top to hang. The page opposite showed "kaga mochi" squares hung
similarly with rice stems in a beautiful design, also.

Does anyone know of a source to find instructions for tying/weaving
those hanging straw devices? They'd look really great holding tiles,
or wood blocks or thick paper with designs on them.

Thanks for any pointers.

The book is full of gorgeous black and white photographs of other
forms of packaging that could inspire many other artistic ideas. The
first book, "How to Wrap Five Eggs," is harder to find, and very
expensive to buy used (like $300+), but some libraries still carry it.
I hope to borrow a copy through a library loan program to see it's
photographs, also.

Dana

Try this website as a starting point:
http://www.knotingwork.com/

Liz

On 10/09/2003 01:54 PM, Sunhan Eren wrote:
Gee according to Amazon they sell it for about $70 used
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...34801086/all/r
ef=dp_pb_a/104-1116786-8792767

Sunny

"DB" wrote in message
...
I saw a photograph in a book titled, "How to Wrap Five More Eggs,"
(which shows many ways of packaging and displaying products in boxes,
wrappings, weavings of straw and rice stems, etc.) that showed four or
five squares of tofu hung on a woven or tied length of straw, knotted
at the top to hang. The page opposite showed "kaga mochi" squares hung
similarly with rice stems in a beautiful design, also.

Does anyone know of a source to find instructions for tying/weaving
those hanging straw devices? They'd look really great holding tiles,
or wood blocks or thick paper with designs on them.

Thanks for any pointers.

The book is full of gorgeous black and white photographs of other
forms of packaging that could inspire many other artistic ideas. The
first book, "How to Wrap Five Eggs," is harder to find, and very
expensive to buy used (like $300+), but some libraries still carry it.
I hope to borrow a copy through a library loan program to see it's
photographs, also.

Dana