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A one-of-a-kind textile shaped by the green of the forest, the blue of water, and the shimmer of light. As the cloth catches light, it shifts quietly—at times like a still lake, at times like a forest touched by sun.
Hand-spun mawata silk weft threads were layered while following an image that emerged gradually during weaving. Like nature itself, the expression of the work could not be repeated.
About the Work
Using black and gray reeled silk as warp and hand-spun mawata silk as weft, this textile creates a flow of color that moves between the depth of the forest and the openness of water. It is a cloth that holds a soft fluctuation within stillness.
When it receives light, the overlapping threads alter their expression slightly. It may be contemplated like a painting, or received as a textile to be worn, holding the presence of a one-of-a-kind work in either way.
Materials & Technique
- Type: Hand-spun mawata silk leno-woven textile
- Material: 100% silk
- Technique: Hand-spun mawata silk yarn, leno weaving (using a power loom)
- Warp: Black and gray reeled silk threads
- Weft: Hand-spun mawata silk yarns
- Dimensions: Approx. 198 × 95 cm
- Year: 2025
- Made in: Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi, Japan
It quietly retains the soft warmth and light-filled transparency unique to mawata silk.
Background
This work was not woven from a fixed design, but by tracing a landscape gradually rising in the mind. The green of the forest, the blue of water, and the trembling of light connect slowly within the layers of the weft.
Just as natural scenery changes day by day, the image appearing within the cloth also comes only once. Each shift in expression remains as part of the work itself.
Held to the light, the nuances of color may change. Photographs and the actual work may differ slightly in tone.
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