SHIMOGAWA Creative Collaboration Project With HANA MITSUI
I stayed at SHIMOGAWA and experienced the production process of Kurume Kasuri fabrics based on my own designs.
-Visual Illusion-
The theme of this textile collection is optical Illusion. One of the most notable charm of the Kurume Kasuri is the beauty caused by the subtle misalignment of the wefts in the process of the weaving. After discovering the visual similarity between Ikat threads misalignments and visual illusory effects, Hana Mitsui translated that into her new textile design collections.
1. Blur Checker ブラーチェッカー
I created the textile design that makes people sense that the pattern is blurred by the optical illusion.
Subtle shifts of the Ikat threads are re-translated into the new design as the misaligned prints cause blurring effect by the human optical nature. Utilizing the Kasuri weaving characteristics that warps and wefts could be dyed independently with different patterns, the warps were colored using CMY and the wefts were colored in checkered pattern in different pitches to create visual illusory effects and then they were woven together.
2. Colorful Moire カラフルモアレ
In this collection also, warps and wefts are being dyed independently and differently taking advantage of the Kasuri weaving characteristics. Warps are dyed with colorful stripes and wefts are dyed with serpentine patterns and then they were woven together to achieve moire effects.
