We use various geometric patterns in our Sashiko practice. They aren’t really “Sashiko Patterns”: just Geometric Patterns we often use. When I make a video or a tutorial on how to draw them on the fabric by themselves, I do not feel I am “teaching” Sashiko. It is more like sharing the importance of culture. As many Sashiko artisans say, “preparing the pattern on the fabric” is as important as “stitching beautifully”. In other words, they say, the more beautiful the preparation is, the better the stitching result will be.
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We can find many “Sashiko Templates” for sale. There is nothing wrong with using templates… However, if they are going to teach what Sashiko is, I want them to be able to “prepare” for themselves. There is a significant difference between “Can’t” and “Don’t”. Unlike the sketch or drawing, the Geometric Patterns can be explained by Regular Grid or Diagonal Grid. After all, it is the matter of “knowledge” and “practice”. One cons of templates is that they limit the size of pattern & possibility (to adjust): which is against their insist to be “creative” in Sashiko.
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As each geometric pattern has a name, they each have stories behind. We have reasons why we often use geometric patterns. Please keep learning as I keep learning (from other Japanese Sashiko artisans) & sharing. Sashiko is more than what is introduced in English today.
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「菱青海波を布に描きたいのだけど」というリクエストを生徒様から頂きました。紙の上で手順をご紹介したものはあるのですが、どうしてもうまく行かないので動画で欲しいとのこと。時間を見つけて作ろうと思います。おかげ様で沢山の出会いを頂いていますし、フォロワーさんもどんどん増えている現状ですが、こうして「一人ひとりと向き合うこと」を大切にしています。サイズも柄の比率も決まってしまう”柄を繰り抜いたステンシル”を「これが刺し子の柄だ」と言ってしまう主流の中で、柄をご自身で準備したいと言って下さる方には真摯に向き合いたいのです。(テンプレートが悪いと言っているわけじゃないです。そもそも幾何学模様を書くのに必要な方眼や様々なサイズがあるテンプレートを@kirinopencil 様が丁寧に制作しておられますので是非!)。
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便利になる世の中で、その便利さを堪能できる道具を使わないというのは、流石に頑固過ぎます。というか天邪鬼すぎる。ただ、便利な道具を「答え」とする前に学んで欲しいなぁと思うのですよ。しかもそれが言語を超えた異文化での話ですからね。「準備した柄の綺麗さは、刺し子の綺麗さに比例する」とはよく言ったもので、@na.na_45 さんの刺し子をご覧頂ければその意味がよくわかると思います。私の下書き?見せれたもんじゃないので普段は投稿などしないのですが、今回に限り…(笑)
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2022-08-23 21:53:48
下書きは、刺し子の裏側より恥ずかしい🫣🫣
This is what i wanted to learn. I wanted to see the creation of the pattern’s from the grid. I have yet to find this resource of the progression from grid…
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Very nice👌
自分は布地に方眼線描いちゃう方で、、😂 性格でしょうね 貴重なお話ありがとうございました🤗
Your work is beautiful, I shall be sharing this with @sogoodineveryway and the #sgiew_repair followers x
Thank you for thisclear explanation. It is tempting to use a template. Drawing the pattern on the fabric seems, instead, more genuine
I have always done “running stitch” in my sewing, but never tried Sashiko. Sashiko seems to me like NOT a stitch, trend… etc – Sashiko seems like so much more. I am not Japanese and I don’t understand Sashiko at all, I just admire it. I have Japanese friends who say they don’t understand Sashiko either (but of course they understand more than me!). Maybe it takes a whole life to understand Sashiko, or 100s of years…? But in the “one little stone in the whirlpool” is better than no stone at all. Thank you, Atsushi and your friends, for sharing your Sashiko stories. I hope to take your classes one day.