English follows... 参加作家紹介：ツグミノエダ 『縫いもの』 彼女が針と糸に出合って、日々布と対話をするうちに、天職に気づいてしまい、いつしか図書館の仕事も辞めてしまい、今のツグミノエダになるまでを、そばで見てきました。 使い込まれて柔らかくなった布が綻びそうなギリギリを小さな宝石みたいな糸の玉が留めていく。 Art Beyond Intention...
Let the Fabric Work: Tuguminoeda
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Tag: Find Your Light
Blessed by Nature
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,...
I’d Be Content to Die Tomorrow.
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...
Used Cloth Only
“I don’t need to worry about the ‘chosen ones,’ they naturally shine. I’m more interested in shedding light on those who otherwise will be forgotten.”
Walk on the Wild Side.
I grew up being told that handicrafts wouldn’t make money; that It’s the industry of Migi Kata Sagari – right shoulder down.
Excavating the Shape Beneath
Here, I am reminded of the words of a Buddhist sculptor, who says it’s not him to give shape to a piece of wood: rather, his work is to help it manifest the shape hidden beneath, which has always existed within.
How to Break The Pattern No Longer Serving You
From that practice, though, something was starting to manifest. He realised what he had learnt in his high school time was the pattern to win a high school tournament. He perfectly fitted himself into the mould. But at the university and for the world-level competition, he had to break out of it. And he had to do it by himself.
Cracks and Bumps Are All There to Be Cherished.
they are the traces of one’s life, like broken joints and swollen knuckles…
The last TOTEI
Spatula 7 years, Brush 3 years Senro Sato went to learn urushi lacquerware, also known as the japanning technique, at the age of 22. He had one year left to finish college, but his mentor Gonroku Matsuda (Living National Treasure) strongly advised him to go learn...