I started sharing Sashiko Stories in May 2019 due to the pain I couldn’t explain

I started sharing Sashiko Stories in May 2019 due to the pain I couldn’t explain well back then (which I learned was the “Cultural Appropriation” later on). I appreciate the interest & caring to learn from the origin instead of taking “whatever” out for the convenient profit. I occasionally receive an offer for the consultation. Although I am not trained for the “consultation” particularly, I do my best to “teach” and “offer my insight” in their project & education curriculum.

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The most difficult process in “teaching” and “consultation” is to learn what “the students/clients” do not know. Since Sashiko has been so “ordinary” for me, I tend to minimize what I know & what I can do. How to prepare the geometric pattern (not Sashiko Pattern) is one of those. It is quite difficult to teach, but I am glad that I could make it happen. Everything has reasons in what I share, so is “how to prepare” the pattern for Sashiko.

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The full video of this will be available for Online Sashiko Class (21) Supplemental Materials. Many tutorials are available on Youtube (and I keep adding more). More than 130 stories about Sashiko & Japanese Culture are on Patreon (and also on Youtube). Thanks to you, class students, clients, and many others who support what I do, I can keep sharing stories instead of focusing on “selling” to make ends meet. I will keep offering the stories and more wisdom. 

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積み重ねは力だなぁと思うのですが、Youtubeで動画を重ね、SNSで文章を重ねることで、「ご意見を伺わせて下さい」というコンサルテーション的なお話を頂くことも増えてきました。職業コンサルではないので、沢山のお金を頂くことはないのですが、労働に費やした時間分はご支援的な感覚で頂けるようになりました。ただ、刺し子にしても日本文化にしても、「お客様が知らないことを把握する」のが、一番大変だったりします。幾何学模様は刺し子に限った話じゃないので、方眼紙ありゃ書けるだろ……と前提置きしてしまうのは、なかなかに危険で、今回も様々な方法でいろんなお話を伝えることができました。日本では当たり前の事を、如何に丁寧に過不足なく伝えるか。「刺し子してりゃそれで良い」という基本姿勢は一緒なのですが、同時に引き出しを増やして行こうとも思うのです。

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2021-09-17 13:33:42

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