Score of Light

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A one-of-a-kind leno-woven silk textile in which quiet light is crossed by lines of color. Blue, green, yellow, orange, and violet move lightly across the pale field, leaving a subtle rhythm within the cloth.

The thicker lines are made with hand-spun mawata silk. Their gentle irregularity gives the textile a calm structure and presence, while the colors were changed freely in response to an image formed in the mind during weaving.

Background

Warp threads of varied colors and weft threads of silk filament and hand-spun mawata were layered together in an airy leno structure. Especially in the thicker lines, the slight swell and irregularity of mawata silk create a quiet relief within the cloth.

The color combinations were not fixed in advance, but shifted as weaving progressed in response to the image forming in the mind. Even if born from a single conception, this work could never appear in exactly the same way again.

Leno weave allows air and light to pass through the cloth, creating transparency and depth. Here, the bright lines appear and recede depending on light, distance, and movement, changing the impression of the work each time it is seen.

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