A message came from a friend in the UK:“Bear attacks are on NHK World!”Even here in Ashigara, where Kintaro riding a bear is our local mascot (see below), I could feel the tension in the air since the sightings have been reported. Morning and evening walks now come...
English follows... 宗廣佳子の仕事展 参加作家紹介：ルミ W. バウマン 『陶』 幾度も繰り返された動作は、洗練されて、迷いなくて、見ていてどこも引っかかりがない。自在鉤を動かすルミさんの手元を見ていて思った。 陶芸家であり、ギャラリーとゲストハウスも経営するルミさんの それは自作の花入れにさっと野の花を生ける所作だったり。ゲストハウスに置いてある何気ないティッシュケースやキティーちゃんの貯金箱や、壁掛けがどれもさりげなく、心地よく、ぶつかり合わずに同居していること、全てに当てはまる。...
English follows... 参加作家紹介：岸田加奈子 『藍染めのブローチ』 「5メートル続けるうちにようやく手が動くようになった！」とは1枚目の写真「蜘蛛入り柳絞り」について教えてくれたときの話です。 使い手から、つくり手に… とはまさに岸田さんのこと。美術工芸に詳しい友人に導かれ、いつのまにか身の回りにあるたくさんの工芸品に自身でも取り組むように。絞り染めの小川裕恵先生に出逢い、ぐっと絞りの世界に深く導かれていきます。...
Sometimes, a single book can change the course of a life. For Taketsune Kubota, that book was E Kasuri—one of the first holistic study of a distinctive style of ikat textile that features more pictorial, expressive motifs than its geometric counterparts. At the time,...
Yoshiko Munehiro, Weaver Yoshiko Munehiro grew up in a home where she was constantly surrounded by her father’s apprentices at work. Her father, Rikizo Munehiro, was a designated holder of an Intangible Cultural Property (also known as a Living National Treasure) for...
Mastering Life Unsui（雲水） is a monk in training; he goes around one temple to the other, in search of his master, or he stays in Sodo, a temple space dedicated to training. After a certain period, they become supermen. This is a little sneaky peek into how through my...
Can I do that today? Can I be driven so much that I’ll forget my ego?
She utilised every bit of the cloth including selvedges, with the least changes to be made.
It’s something that’s been said many times in the past, common sense, one may say. However, I don’t know any maker who has said the word with such depth and richness.