A handmade half noren curtain from our Moment Series, made from handwoven natural ramie fabric and dyed with plant-based color using a traditional katazome paste-resist process.

The Moment Series is inspired by Edo-period Japanese shopfront noren culture, when fabric curtains were used at storefronts for signage, shade, dust protection, visual privacy, and as a soft marker between public and private space.

This series focuses on small everyday scenes. Through simple woodblock-print-inspired graphic motifs, each piece captures a quiet moment — a table setting, a warm drink, a bathhouse scene, a vineyard visit, or the atmosphere of a familiar space.

This piece features a vineyard-inspired motif, drawn from the quiet charm of wine country, cellar doors, harvest season, and slow afternoons shared over a glass of wine. The design includes a playful wine barrel figure and a composition of wine bottles and glasses, expressed in a simple graphic style that brings a relaxed, rustic, and story-rich feeling to the space.

This piece is created using katazome, a slow and highly detailed paste-resist dyeing technique. Before dyeing, a soybean-based resist paste is carefully applied onto the fabric over the motif areas. The pasted parts resist the plant dye, allowing the natural off-white tone of the ramie fabric to remain visible. The exposed areas of the cloth absorb the plant color, creating a clear contrast between the undyed ramie motif and the plant-dyed ground.

Unlike printing, katazome is a much slower and more hands-on process. Each step requires time, patience, and careful control — from applying the paste, drying the fabric, dyeing, rinsing, and finally removing the resist paste by hand. The result is a quiet but striking contrast between natural ramie and botanical color.

The fabric is handwoven natural ramie, with a raw, breathable texture and visible handmade character. Slight irregularities in dye depth, paste edges, weave, and surface texture are part of the natural charm of the process.

This half noren can be used as a decorative banner, small doorway accent, wine bar decor, tasting room accent, kitchen decor, dining room doorway curtain, shop textile, restaurant decor, cellar room accent, wall hanging, or a soft visual layer for an entryway or interior opening. It is especially suitable for wine shops, vineyards, tasting rooms, restaurants, home bars, kitchen spaces, and warm rustic interiors.

Available Color Options:

• Gallnut (A charcoal / deep indigo tone with a calm, smoky depth.)

• Dyeing Yam (A warm, earthy brown tone with a rustic, natural feeling.)

Details:

• Moment Series Half Noren

• Handmade half noren curtain

• Handwoven natural ramie fabric

• Plant-dyed using the katazome paste-resist technique

• Soybean-based resist paste applied before dyeing

• Natural ramie motif with plant-dyed background

• Woodblock-print-inspired vineyard motif

• Features a wine barrel figure, wine bottles, and wine glasses

• Available in Gallnut: charcoal / deep indigo

• Available in Dyeing Yam: warm earthy brown

• Size: 28.5” W x 17” L

• Soft, breathable, semi-sheer texture

• Top and bottom edges are sewn; side edges are left natural

• Each piece has natural variations in color, paste lines, weave, and texture

Care:

1. Keep away from open flame and high heat.

2. Professional dry clean only.

3. Do not machine wash or tumble dry.

4. Do not scrub, hand-rub aggressively, or use chemical detergents.

5. For daily care, a neutral disinfecting fabric spray may be used.

6. Ironing is allowed on a gentle setting.

Please note:

As this piece is handmade, plant-dyed, and created using a traditional katazome paste-resist process, subtle variations in color, texture, paste edges, and pattern placement are part of its unique character. The ramie fabric is also handwoven on a traditional loom, so the side edges may have a gently organic, slightly uneven finish. These natural details reflect the beauty of the handmade process and make each curtain one of a kind.