Everytime I meet new people, I start wondering who we are (Keiko & Atsushi). As

Everytime I meet new people, I start wondering who we are (Keiko & Atsushi). As long as we understand, we don’t find ourselves as artists, fashion designers, art dealer (business), and ecologist. It is perfectly fine when someone else define who Keiko & Atsushi are with the specific title, but we really don’t feel the need for it. The best & simple description would be, we are “A group of mother, son & their friends” who happen to devote (come across) their life into Sashiko, and would like to keep enjoying it (all the business activities are for the purpose of us keep enjoying Sashiko). ☆
Over the last weekend in Sashiko Workshop, some friends (students) told me that the Sashiko pieces should be in the frame. It is an honor to receive such a feedback because they thought our works deserve the framing as the art. Other friends kept mentioning that we are the artist. I sincerely appreciate the warm comments and respect to us.
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It may be just us… when we mention Sashiko as the “Art”, I feel a bit strange taste in my mouth. No right or wrong, just strange. Until the day I clear those “strange feeling”, we will be the same as a group of people who love Sashiko. You know what is the most important thing to enjoy Sashiko? It is “be okay with who you are and what you end up with”. So much to share 😀 I can probably keep talking for a day.
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ワークショップを開催し、実際の作品等を見て頂くと、「芸術ですね〜」とか「額に入れて飾りたい！」とか、沢山のお褒めの言葉を頂きます。めちゃくちゃ嬉しい反面、僕たちの口から「芸術やってます」というのは、どうも砂を噛んだ感覚になってしまうのです。芸術は自己を表現する手段であり、刺し子は、なんだかんだで「必要性」の中から生まれた「結果としての美」です。今僕たちは「刺し子をしなければいけない状態で刺し子をしているわけではない」ので、芸術っちゃー芸術なのですが、どうもまだまだ頭が固いようで。ただ、「刺し子という過程が楽しくて作られた作品」と「芸術品としての完成を想定した刺し子の作品」とでは、やっぱり違いがあるように思います。んでもって、個人的には、過程が楽しくて作られた作品が好きだなぁと。
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2019-04-16 18:13:01

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