Video: Japanese Silk Landscapes by Maeno Takashi
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Often, Japanese kimonos are already works of art in themselves, but what to do with them when they become unusable: tear, fade or just annoy their owners? You can just fold them in the closet, or you can turn them into paintings! This is exactly what the craftswoman Maeno Takashi does, working in the amazing kinusaigo technique.
Kinusaigo is a kind of fabric applique on wood. First, a drawing is created on paper, which is then transferred to a wooden board. After that, grooves are cut on the tree, following the contours of the drawing. Well, then elements are cut out of the fabric of the required colors, which, using special tools, are tucked into the slots in the tree. This technique allows you to either perfectly stretch the fabric, or, conversely, to form folds.
Most often, silk kimonos are used for paintings made using the kinusaigo technique, however, depending on the author's idea, any suitable fabric can be used. Maeno Takashi's work focuses on Japanese landscapes and scenes from everyday life. In her paintings, you can see magnificent temples, and abandoned corners, and the most ordinary people - workers or old people.
Maeno Takashi's fabric paintings are often compared to landscapes by Ando Hiroshige, an outstanding Japanese graphic artist who lived and worked in the 19th century. Both of them glorify Japan and may well serve as illustrations in the course of ethnography.
Maeno Takashi was born in the city of Nagoya in 1961. He teaches at the university, is the author of a book and actively exhibits his work. A more detailed biography can be found here, but it is available only to those who speak Japanese.
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