Excavating the Shape Beneath
Old, beloved, used, and softened cloth. A needle and threads. That’s all to begin with. Stitches around the windows where...
Sarasa – Traces of Cultural Confluence in Japan
Sarasa is said to have been born in India; the textile with grand, playful, and colourful patterns. As "Good Things Always...
Cracks and Bumps Are All There to Be Cherished.
They Are The Traces of Trees' Life. "It’s intimidatingly yellow," Te.Te.Ro says. “This is mulberry. When you fell the tree, the...
Better to be heard than touched…?
Sensual sound of kinuzure Let our imagination fly free while listening to this. What did you see? A court lady taking off one of many layers of kimono…? Then you have a superpower! It was actually Norio Arai, rolling up almost 13-metre-long fine silk fabric...
Touch Me
Shining like baby skin First, I want you to touch me. The slick, silk-like surface smoothed by thousands of touches, brushstrokes, and… whetstones. I’m speaking of the urushiware lacquered by Senro Sato. I don’t know how many Japanese households use real...
Fantastic Form
Organically solid soil Soil turns into a solid piece of ceramic through the magic of water and fire. These FORMs though…Every FORM piece has its own distinct, fluid shape. I won’t be surprised if they start moving at night when humans are...