Ahhh. So many “stories” and “feeling” I would like to share, but so limited time I have to write down everything. Would anyone be interested being my “conversation partner” in Live Streaming? It can be on Instagram or youtube. It will be strictly about the culture, mindset, history, and philosophy of Sashiko because I would like to be fair to those who take my workshop with fees. However, it would be easier to talk about Sashiko when I have someone to talk to. Please leave a comment if you are interested to be the “conversation partner”. I will invite you after learning who you are.
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I do not answer questions regarding the techniques for many reasons. I would like to explain why in conversation above & obviously the lack of time is the key reason, but one of the important reason is the “attitude in learning.”
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I want Sashiko to be open-source. Therefore, we provide pretty much everything to “learn Sashiko (including technique)” if you are aggressive in learning. Asking questions is easy, but I define it as “passive learning” and the Japanese mastery will not be completed if the student is passive (the pupils are supposed to “steal” instead of “be taught”). It may take more than 100 hours if you watch our videos and read the articles (with not very good writing by me). However, if you are serious enough, you can learn the Sashiko we practice for free. ☆
For those who don’t have few hundreds hours and risking the detours of misunderstandings, I have workshops to provide the key and close attention to learn the core and basic of Sashiko. We sincerely appreciate those who invest in & support us by taking the workshop! It means a lot to us.
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以前から愚痴として書いてはいるのだけど、最近の失礼な問い合わせの多いこと（全て英語での問い合わせ）。「○○を教えて！」って、何の挨拶もないメール……。なんで教えなきゃいけないのか疑問なのです。友達じゃねーっつーの。ワークショップを受講してくれた方には、その後でも丁寧に教えてます。そうじゃない方でも、動画でしっかり紹介しているのに、わからないからとすぐに直接聞いてくる。現代はそれが普通なのか？キツイことを言うと、そういう想像力も日本的な職人気質もない人には、刺し子はやってほしくないんです。すぐに飽きるだろうし、結果的には「自分の知りたいことだけで満足して、それをあたかも全体像かのように自分語りする」ような気がしていて。。
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2019-05-04 10:23:20
I love this idea
I’m a new student to sashiko but I would love to learn more! I’ve been finding your posts about the philosophy of sashiko very interesting. I am interested both in mending using sashiko and in making more crafty pieces (bags, cloths, etc.). よろしくお願いします~
挨拶もなくいきなり❓
過去のボスト、ブログ
動画をみると大体わかりそうなんですけど
If you want to do it in English I would love to be a conversation partner for one of your live streams! We have a conversation regarding my academic research on Monday so if you feel I could be a meaningful conversation after that let’s revisit the idea? 💕
What is the reason for leaving the extra bit of thread at a turn?
So much wisdom you write. I dont do sashiko myself, maybe later in life. I do a lot of embroidery and patching using running stitches. Nowadays people tend to ask me if it is sashiko. I always say no and explain that we have been mending and using running stitches in Sweden as well. When I teach at a workshop I often get the feeling that people want it to be fast, a quick fix to leran. I think that is a thing with our time, a lot of impressions fast, fast, fast.
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日本的な職人気質 私も大好きな言葉です
でも私の周りでも趣味でやっている人が圧倒的で、
図案も自分で書いてみると頭に入るよとすすめても、面倒だからコピーで良いと言われてがっくりきます。
面倒を避け 手抜きの時代なんですね〜
Hello, everybody! It’s very interesting and amazing! I’ve been watching the pictures of sashimi for several years. Now I decided to start doing it. Maybe I ‘ve got more free time, maybe my granddaughters like flowers are growing too fast and I want to make their clothes a bit bigger using this technique. Who knows? The first question is if I should use an extra one under the pieces of cloths. I want to make a hoodie out of few li