MAKING
I base my work on sewing, but also have knowledge of dyeing, printing, and weaving.
Depending on the scale of the project, I may carry out these techniques myself or collaborate with factories. Either way, I always test and experiment beforehand.
I aim to find the most suitable fabrication method for each project, taking into account technical restrictions, budgets, and the intended design.
SEWING
Sewing hemlines
Sewing hemlines
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
Heating polyester fabric with boiling water, then washing it to apply "SHIBORI" patterns (a traditional Japanese technique)
untying rubber bands from "SHIBORI" fabric
Tying rubber bands for "SHIBORI"
PRINTING
Custom curtains with transfer-printed fabric (design by Minori Murata)
Screen printing
Inkjet printing on tarpaulin (design by Minori Murata)
EXPERIMENTS
Figuring out how to construct on-site
A 1/10 scale model for planning the space
A 1/10 scale model for planning the space
Investigating what kind of shadows the fabric will cast
Experimenting how different ways of displaying would look
Watch me at work