Sashiko and Art. Especially since I think in Japanese in my brain, I am still indecisive if Sashiko is the Art. I am still learning, but there is one thing I can share. It is our hope to encourage people throughout our Sashiko regardless Sashiko is the Art or not.
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If the definition of Art is “an expression of human creativity in visual form”, then our Sashiko can be part of the Art. However, for us, “Self‐Assertion (expressing our specific vision via creation)” is secondary. That’s another reason I do not consider myself as an activist. What we would like to do is Not to lead people. We would like to support them from behind.
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By sharing our Sashiko, if we could encourage that we all have the ability to appreciate & care for others, then it is then our “mission completed”. Keiko wants “(old) fabrics” for the 2nd life. I want to protect those people like Keiko. After this crisis of pandemic is over, I would like you to come visit us and touch our stitching. It has something more than visual – and that’s the potential I would like to encourage others.
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20代後半までは数字で。その後は言葉で、答えを模索するような左脳人生を送ってきているのですが、刺し子を通して残したいことや伝えたいことは、思いっきり右脳型の現象だったりします。ぶっちゃけてしまえば、このアカウントは、右脳型の恵子さんの刺し子を、左脳型の僕が映像や言葉にしている場所です。どちらがいなくても成り立たないのですが、右脳の創造性を説明することほど無毛な挑戦はないので、結果的に「面倒なアカウント」になってしまってという状況です。「刺し子は芸術家どうか」という議論にはまだ答えは出せてませんが、一つだけお伝えできることがあります。それは、僕も恵子さんも刺し子を通して、「誰かの力になりたい（勇気づけたい・励ましたい）」と思っていることです。「針と糸と布で何ができるんだ」と言われるかもしれません。僕自身そう思ってましたし。ただ、針と糸と布だからこそ、誰かを後ろから支えてあげられることもあるのかなと。
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ここ1週間程、「なぜ刺し子なのか」を振り返る時間がありました。そして思い出したのは、僕たちの原点は、「応援すること」なんだなと。いつかまた、コロナが収まったら、恵子さんの作品に触れて頂ける機会を作れたらと思っています。僕の言葉よりも素直に思いが伝わると思うので。
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2020-11-17 12:19:41
I appreciate the caring nature in giving fabrics a 2nd life. Because stitching takes time, I also see that the sashiko contains hours of a person’s life, so I could see it as containing the caring of that person for mending the fabric. (My observations as a curious outsider)
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The stitching certainly invites touching!
Your comments are always inspiring
I visited Japan five years ago and went to the Amuse museum in Asakusa. I still find it difficult to express how viscerally wonderful it was to be able to touch (most of) the textiles there. Even when I think of it now, I can still feel the textures and histories of the fabrics and stitches
I definitely think it’s an art!
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とっっても素敵です、、♡♡
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I think it depends on how you define art. To me, very briefly, art is one step further after craftsmanship, as in knowledge and ability in something, I think almost anything.
In English, we often divide Art into “Craft” and “Fine Art”. Craft in this case is the handmaking of everyday objects such as pottery, textiles, woodworking, etc. This separation between Fine Art and Craft happened because of people looking down on the everyday nature of Craft. However, there is a movement to recognize that Craft is Art. This is to recognize the amount of skill, time, effort, and artistic consideration that goes into Craft. This also allows us to appreciate the value of objects we use everyday that were made mindfully. Even though I am not Japanese, because I approach most things with the mindset that Craft is Art, I hope it is okay for me to consider Sashiko as Art.