Do you like Sashiko?
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Do you like “something you may get (attention, recognition, superiority, fame and/or fortune)” by saying it’s Sashiko?
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I am not here to judge anyone. I just don’t want people to change the culture that Sashiko identify.
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I understand if they want to be “rich” by shouting the word “Sashiko (or Boro)”. Money is important. I know that kind of person in the past. I will probably meet them in future. As some advise me, I cannot change it. I shouldn’t even try. So, I am sharing so “YOU” can choose what can be preserved.
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The Authentic Boro is “almost” impossible to make. However, we can try to make it by understanding deeply & caring (synchronizing the feeling). This is the Boro (to be) we work on today, in 2020. This is the “back/hiding” side of this project and so so should Boro.
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We like Sashiko.
I don’t want to change the Sashiko we like.
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先日の配信で「3年後の襤褸」の土台を作ってみてから、改めて恵子さんの今年の襤褸を見てみて。まだまだ先は遠いなぁ……というか、この先、恵子さんに追いつける日は来るのでしょうか（笑）年々成長スピードが早くなってる気がするのですが（笑）今年の恵子さんの作品見ても、ため息しかでません。もう。
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恵子さんの作品は昔から素敵でした。ただ、「売らなきゃいけない（お金にしなきゃいけない）」という足枷があったのも事実です。会社やってたんだから勿論のこと。ここ数年は、「別に売ら（れ）なくてもいいんじゃね？原材料費は回収したいけど」的な姿勢になったからか、まぁ、おい、どうしよう、という素敵すぎる作品が。今年も2点ほど、素敵な「現代の襤褸（恵子さんはあまり襤褸って呼ばれたくないかもだけど）」の下地ができあがりそうです。
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2020-10-20 09:41:48
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I have conflicting feelings about my like for boro, which initially stemmed from my interest in indigo. I think Boro carries a great deal of pathos because of it’s history, which in a tangential way I can relate to because I am only one generation removed from peasantry. My father’s family were very poor and lived in rural Bengal under Imperial British colonialism. But the main reason I admire it is because it is an example of the tāntric principle of rising from the gross to the subtle. Though I do think it’s monetary value is derived from capitalism and capitalism’s ideas about scarcity.
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I like Sashiko as it reminds me I’m trying to live sustainably and mend my clothes and not throw them out (and continue to love them). I am not sure that is the original meaning of Sashiko or Boro. I am willing to learn more.
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I am learning, also learning about the Sashiko Boro technique, my encounter with this technique was totally casual, when I understood I loved it and fell in love with it, I try to make some test pieces in some fabric and also restore my own clothing, my knowledge It is limited, but what I love about Sashiko Boro is the transformation of a garment to later become something else. I humbly believe that by making this transformation I can help reduce buying more clothing, also helping to take care of my environment, Sashiko for me is also how I connect with my breathing and internal as a meditation to find myself that allows me a long conversation with my being. 👘💚🙏✨✨✨
I’ve seen some videos where people say what they are doing is sashiko, bututbears almost no resemblance to what you do
Beautiful 😍
Is using/wearing out an essential part of how a boro comes into being?
When I touch a piece of Boro, the thought of all the hands that have cared for and stitched that fabric over the generations is awe inspiring. I think of the love and time that went into stretching the useful life of the jacket/ futon cover/ zokin, and imagine all the people that have used this fabric over the years. The use and wear and repair all leave their mark. It’s an honor to hold these items that came from humble beginnings, born of necessity and poverty, but full of the beauty of age.
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I love the flowers tucked in the corner 😃
I am here to learn and appreciate the craftsmanship that is born in hearts and places far from that speaks to my ❤️
I enjoy your posts and try hard to understand. I don’t think I get it yet — maybe never! — but the trying is important, I think. The Sashiko and Boro is from ordinary stitching, and what people
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