The discarded Ikat threads called KUKURI ITO ‘括り糸’ in Japan are discarded thick cotton threads produced in the manufacturing process of Kurume Ikat. This thread is characterized by beautiful uneven color as these discarded Ikat threads are used to resist dying to realize the Ikat patterns.
Hana Mitsui took advantage of this beautiful uneven colors, she created textile collections utilizing weaving and embroidery techniques.
FADED STRIPES
For a jacquard woven textile, she uses discarded Ikat threads for warp and wool threads for weft to achieve the beautiful uneven feeling border gradation pattern called Faded Stripes.
The other has a grid pattern that takes advantage of the uneven color characteristics of the discarded Ikat threads.
She made full use of embroidery techniques to achieve a grid pattern with a fade feeling. She did embroidery a grid pattern with the discarded Ikat yarn on the Linen fabric.The random gradation between black and white of the yarn creates a random part that blends in with the background color and makes the grid invisible, resulting in a random faded pattern.
FADED GRID
This textile has a grid pattern that takes advantage of the uneven color characteristics of KUKURI threads. She made full use of embroidery techniques to achieve a grid pattern with a fade feeling. She did embroidery a grid pattern with KUKURI threads on the Linen fabric.
The random gradation between black and white of the yarn creates a random part that blends in with the background color and makes the grid invisible, resulting in a random faded pattern.