Mon - lime green, orange on red Blues The black spider chrysanthemum design

The black spider chrysanthemum design by Aya Kawa is now available as a self tie bow tie

Digitally printed limited 2nd edition of 10 only

Since this time the Japanese celebrate the flower in annual festival of happiness

Since my last visit to South America in 2009 the 'swirl' vine design has been percolating

The significance of the Chrysanthemum derives back to the 8th century when the Japanese emperor adopted the flower as his official seal

Mon - lime green, orange on red Blues The black spider chrysanthemum designTwo ideas coalesced for this new design. After the release of my first range of cufflinks which I based on small details of the ties, the flower design, with its circular form, reminded me strongly of the japanese family heraldic symbol or 'Mon'. At around the same time I had a number of requests for a 'skinny' tie. I've always loved a broader canvas to design on but the simple 'Mon' design seemed made for the slimmer tie and was strong enough to