The SAKIORI Exhibition and Workshop by Chiyoko Kumonconcert

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Thirty years ago, I met an old indigo-blue dyed kimono lying on the dark shelf of an antique shop. I was filled with desire to revive this blue into contemporary life. This blue color typified the dress of the common people in about a hundred years ago in Japan, and they used to wear these blue kimonos as their working clothes. But gradually they disappeared because of the development of more colorful artificial dying.

The charm of the SAKIORI lies in its sensitive and delicate color that was never expressed by the simple thread. And so is its soft touch and warmth. I want to bring out this charm of the indigo color through this traditional technique. Since then I have been tearing the old indigo kimono clothes for the weft of the SAKIORI, thinking about the ancestor’s joy and sorrow, and dreaming to show the charm of the indigo in this modern world.

My next theme of focus is the eradication of the traditional image that ”SAKIORI is thick and heavy”. I am challenging this idea by creating soft, delicate and even transparent SAKIORI. This will be the revolutionary challenge.

In this 21Century, we must change the mass consumption society to a recycling one. We can say that SAKIORI is the art of the recycle. It shows us the beauty of the past, present and future. Its discovery, reclamation and creation have the possibility to become one region of future art activities.

Textile Artist Chiyoko Kumon

Chiyoko Kumon

Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Prefectural Yamaguchi Chuo High School
Joshibi Junior Collage of Art and design
The member of Japan Craft Design Association of Japan (JCDA)
1993 GRAND PRIX Asahi Contemporary Craft Exhibition
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The Exhibhition “Saku･Fabric Art Chiyoko Kumon The World of SAKIORI”

※Admission free
The SAKIORI works are displayed in AIAV concert hall.

Date:12 March – 15 March 2015, 10a.m. -4p.m.
（※We are planning the dance performance on 14 and 15 March.）

WORKSHOP「Try SAKIORI」　

Today, SAKIORI became a boom, and many people are enjoying.
We can enjoy SAKIORI with familiar clothes, but choosing cloth is important to make an attractive SAKIORI.
I prepare clothes from old Japanese kimono now you cannot get easily in the workshop.