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A one-of-a-kind textile in which pale yellow, blue, violet, and pink quietly overlap within a translucent field. Thin layers of color hold the light and leave a different impression each time it is seen.
Using varied silk filament warp threads and multicolored mawata silk weft, the work was woven by changing shuttles and colors in response to the movement emerging during the process itself. No second piece can be the same.
About the Work
The boundaries between colors do not divide sharply, but continue like waves while softly bleeding into one another. Though light and soft, the textile carries multiple layers within it.
Seen from the front, its transparency becomes clear; where the cloth overlaps, the color deepens. Its impression shifts quietly depending on position and light.
Materials & Technique
- Type: Silk mawata leno-woven textile
- Material: 100% silk
- Warp: Silk filament threads in varied colors
- Weft: Multicolored mawata silk threads
- Dye: Hand-dyed with chemical dyes
- Year: 2026
- Made in: Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi, Japan
- Dimensions: Approx. 80 × 190 cm
It keeps the quiet lightness, warmth, and gentle touch unique to mawata silk.
Background
Rather than following a fixed design, this work was woven by tracing a flow that gradually rose in the mind, changing shuttles and colors as it progressed. The fluctuations that appeared during weaving were received and left as part of the cloth’s expression.
In this work, the overlapping transparent layers and the wave-like movement of color form a quiet center. Though vivid, it is never too strong, and within its softness as a textile it holds a certain presence.
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