Paper Rhythms in UK

Paper: Beyond the Fold
The exhibition is taking place at The National Centre for Craft and Design (NCCD) in Sleaford.
Jennie and I have started ‘Paper Rhythms’ project in 2014. We had an exhibition in Japan.
Our ‘Paper Rhythms’ project is a part of Paper: Beyond the Fold.
This is our first ‘Paper Rhythms’ exhibition in UK.

The Paper Rhythms collection of paper weave and braid by Mayumi Kaneko (Japan) and Jennie Parry (UK) will also feature as part of the exhibition. Origami and kumihimo techniques are used by the pair with great respect for the purity of form for which the Japanese culture is so revered, shedding new light on this Japanese tradition.

(from Paper: Beyond the Fold)

I gave a demonstration on last Saturday – Paper to Paper Yarn
Mainly I demonstrated how to make paper yarn.
Jennie showed how to braid, Kumihimo, on her Takadai.
I’m glad many visitors showed their great interest.
Our work beautifully displayed.
Many thanks for all visitors and gallery staff.

開催中の展覧会　－　Paper: Beyond the Fold　の会場でデモを行いました。
主に紙から紙糸を作る工程をご紹介しました。

Please enjoy the video.

If you want to know How to make Paper yarn, please see this video.

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Beautiful Blues

Glorious summer day!

I held an Indigo workshop for a young talented artist, Connie.
Her paintings are astonishing.
She is one of the prize winners of Black Swan Arts Young Open 2016.
The winners were given one-to-one workshop with a professional artist or craftspeople as a part of their prize.

It was a perfect day for indigo dyeing.

After the workshop I dyed my yarn as well.
I had series of beautiful blues and green, onion orange over-dyed with indigo.

Connie is form Hong Kong. She wants to carry on her study here.
She is a great artist already but there are still a lot to learn.
Good luck Connie!

PENDULA

My new ‘AKARI’ – PENDULA

PENDULA series

Photo by Howard Johnson

Leaves on Betula Pendula, commonly known as Silver birch in our garden are coming back.
It’s a beautiful tree with white peeling bark on the trunk. And the twigs are slender and pendulous.

庭の白樺の木に緑が戻ってきました。その名が示すように幹は白、細い枝に葉が茂り全体が「鐘」のような形になります。

I introduce a ball shape small light, MARI last year. I applied Jun Mitani’s program.
A combination of straight and curved folded lines create a ball shape. The shape added different taste on my ‘AKARI’ – light.

This time I made 3 pendant lights – PENDULA I, II & III.

以前ご紹介した ’MARI’、数学者三谷純さんが開発されたプログラムを利用させていただいて、織生地を丸く成形、可愛い灯りになりました。
この曲線を生かして今回はペンダントライトに仕立てました。

The fitting was specifically developed and made by FeelLab. Many thanks to FeelLab.
フィッティングはFeelLabさんが開発したものを使わせていただきました。
FeelLabさんのProjectにも参加させていただいています。詳細はこちら。

 

＜PENDULA III＞

   

PENDULA III is inspired by the image of PENDULA tree.
The black lines represent the slender twigs of silver birch.
PENDULA III、イメージは「白樺」。少し形を整えて
細い枝のイメージを黒い線で入れてみました。

PENDULA I and II have more ball shape, like MARI.
The colours of PENDULA I show the sunset evening sky behind the silver birch.
PENDULA II represents the moon beyond the tree.
PENDULA IとIIはよりMARIに近い形。
夕焼け空の色をよこ糸に入れたPENDULA I。
夜、白樺の向こうに見える月、その月をイメージしたPENDULA II。

PENDULA I

 

Photo by Howard Johnson

Now I’m showing my work at National Centre of Craft Design (NCCD) in Sleaford with Jennie Parry and some other artists. The exhibition is titled Paper: Beyond the Fold.
I will be the venue for demonstration on June 18th.
Please come and see our work if you are nearby.
このPENDULAを含め、AKARIシリーズの作品と大きなサイズの壁掛けをNCCDで開催中のPaper: Beyond the Foldに出展しています。

         Photo by Jennie Parry

 

 

Washi Exhibition

Japan Embassy is holding an exhibition – Washi -.

Elaine Cooper is showing her art work with Japanese paper and her Japanese paper collection from Japan.
I’m exhibiting my work with Kami-ito, paper yarn.

(from my presentation at the private view)

(from left)
Somerset Levels – Stream -,   Sazanami (ripples),   Yozakura (night cherry)

(from left)
Somerset Levels – Stream –
This piece depicts stream in Somerset Levels. When I drove there, I was very amazed it’s really a winding river. I wanted to show the characteristic stream on my piece.

Sazanami
This piece is titled “Sazanami”, ripples. I show this work at the gallery so I hope you will see “ripples on the sea” in this piece. I dye my yarn so I have good collection of colours.

Yozakura
Japan is very famous for Cherry blossom. I love cherry blossom, especially at night. The flowers are light up with moon light or street light. And comes out in a dark sky. This is my Yozakura, night cherry.

Somerset Day

Somerset Day will take place on 11 May, in honour of King Alfred the Great.
It celebrates “all that is great” about the “wonderful county” of Somerset.

My Somerset Day project

Somerset Day project

Warp is wool and weft is paper yarn. Light, warm and less fluff.

Somerset scarf

Weaving with Paper Exhibition

I will show my lamps, fashion accessories, fabric samples.
All items are woven with paper yarn, OJO+.
The yarn is available at The Handweavers Studio now.