Rusty Ring

(Eight-strand kongo kumihimo in funerary white, red, and black on a joss coin ring. Hung in a stand of bamboo.)

(This is a funerary fudo I made for a cat friend of mine. [The cord is white, red, and black, the three bardos of death.] She was bu...

(In the process of making fudos I generate a lot of scrap cordage. When the quantity gets too unmanageable, I knot it together into one...

I made this fistful of fudos for a friend's daughter who just graduated from high school. Graduation is an odd rite; we tell young p...

(The white, red, and black cord stands for each of the three Tibetan bardos of death. Hung by the grave of a canine friend.)

(Twelve-strand kongo Diamond Sutra model.)

Nylon twine cord, malleable washer ring. Here are a few garden fudos with eight-strand kongo kumihimo cords. (Kongo means "twi...

This is the second-easiest braid there is, and one of three I use to make hundred-year fudos . The flat four-strand shoelace braid is more...

A trio of large fudos await assignment by the woodstove Making and hanging fudos is part of my practice. Regulars will have noted photos...

This is an ancestor gong I made from an old saw blade I found in my grandfather's shop. Each time you ring it, it sings gratitude...

Spring comes to the leeward garden "The only appropriate attitude for Man to have about the big questions is doubt." ...