A video I found online gave me enormous pain – that I couldn’t breath for a while. A person making holes on nice fabric with using a stick Flat File, then mend it, and call it “Boro” phrasing “Art” introducing their new “collection”. This is why I do not call Boro “Art”.
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【Damaged Fabric → Mending & Sashiko Stitching → Becomes Boro.】 Yes. The scene I watched – “artificial process of damaging the fabric” – can be categorized as Boro as well. However, it doesn’t carry the spirit of Boro. Why in the world does one person need to damage good conditioned fabric? For the artistic purpose? Then, find another word… Boro carries the Japanese spirit of survival and shame.
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I felt a pain as if I heard a scream from the fabric. The result is of course horrible in my preference. Therefore, I keep saying, please know who you are purchasing “it” from. Anyone can say anything in this world. There are many items with the words “Sashiko” and “Boro”. Do they really understand the message behind the words? Do you hear a voice from what you are about to get? (The photo is the “Boro” I work on now – the opposite of damaging the fabric. Caring. ).
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「あぁ……遂に……」というのが正直な気持ちなのですが、遂に目にしてしまいました。「襤褸はアートだ」という表現の自由を免罪符にして、なんでもしてしまう動画を。古布（あるいは日本風の布）の下に丸い土台を置いて、平たい棒ヤスリで布に穴を開け、補修をし、”襤褸”と呼ぶ。「布をボロくし、そして補修する」という流れだけ見れば襤褸なのですが、日本の襤褸では決して無いと泣きそうになりました。布が叫んでるよ。
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日本人の諸先輩方は、布を「裁つ（切る）」ことすら嫌がりました。考えなしに布を切ると顔を顰められたものです。そんな布をヤスリで擦るなど……しかも、それを誇らしく撮影し、しかも襤褸は芸術と呼ぶなんて。これが僕が、「刺し子や襤褸はアートだ」と言わない理由です。表現の自由で過去を塗り替えて良いの？良い訳ないでしょ。「襤褸とはこういうものだ」と理解し、説明した上での表現方法であればまだ理解はできるけれど、（襤褸を理解するとヤスリで穴をあけるのはおそらく相当に痛みを伴うけれど）、「Boro is Art」の言葉には痛みも深さもないのです。僕は絶対に嫌だ。発信し続けます。
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2020-08-08 15:17:52
コメント失礼します🙇ジーンズの古着加工とは意味合いが違いますよね。
“Why in the world does one person need to damage good condition fabric?
For the almighty dollar. Because it will sell to those who HAVE to have any new fashion trend.
Ripping holes in perfectly good jeans was the trend for years. I’m guessing that wearing jeans that look to have have been repaired is the new fad.
I hear you and I too can feel the pain. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I’ve watched your videos explaining the history of Boro and Sashiko and I admire your work in carrying on the tradition.
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デニムは好きだけどそんなにこだわり無いですが読んでいて胸が苦しく悲しくなりました
難しいことさわからないけど襤褸じゃない
Thank you for sharing your truth. You are educating us and I do appreciate that❤️👏
私はそんな動画見たくないです…
悲しい
布を大切にする気持ちが微塵にも感じられない、、悲しいですね。大切に、大切に使って、結果として襤褸となった物と、あえて布に負荷をかけてボロくした物は絶対に同じ物ではないと思う。
To have a needed craft turn into a art, is a beautiful thing
Completely agree! Hate seeing “distressed” jeans being manufactured. What a waste of the world’s resources!
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!! 👍👍
So interesting. I’m intrigued and fascinated.
That is very sad indeed. I hope that people who are looking to express something through a “boro”-like style will understand that something made in such a way is not true to the spirit of what they like. 😔 I hope people will remember that mending and taking care of our clothing was a necessity for our grandparents and we should not take our privileges for granted. So wasteful and shameful to do so.
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