"Mud dye of light"
Woodworking artist: Junichi Hozono
From Mr. Hozono
It all started with an encounter with Buddhist statues in Kyoto. Since I was a child, I wanted to make something that makes me want to pray.
Carving while interacting with the wood, I aim to express shapes that follow the flow of nature.
I like the word jozen josui, so I make things with an awareness of the existence of water.
By creating both a quiet work that is close to meditation like sitting in meditation and a work that is driven by an impulse that disturbs the mind, the image of ripples on the calm surface of the water and the cutout in the torrent. image.
It is as if it exists in nature as it is, and I would like to create something that enriches people's hearts and makes people want to look at it by making the palm of their hand.
I believe that more beautiful things are born when "people" are involved in beautiful nature.
I also believe that people are the ones who can move people's hearts the most.
I want to create beautiful things that bring prayers.
Born March 10, 1981 in Osaka Prefecture
March 2004 Graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts (former Kyoto University of Art and Design)
2009 Moved to Amami Oshima
2010 Worked in the furniture manufacturing industry
2015 Opened KOSHIRAERU Create accessories and small items with a focus on sculpture
2018 Exhibited at Maison & Objet Paris as a project of Kagoshima Prefecture. Exhibited a comb using the mud dyeing of Oshima Tsumugi, a traditional craft of Amami Oshima.
KOSHIRAERU HP
COLLECTION
Mr. Shinzo Ueda, Chairman of Masugi Co., Ltd., talks about authentic Oshima Tsumugi original patterns
The pattern is authentic Amami Oshima Tsumugi, which is hand-woven with wavy patterns. It was the first time I devised a kasuri pattern in the shape of a small flower for this series, and at that time I named it Hanakasuri. Because the kasuri pattern is mainly made with weft threads, the size and arrangement can be changed relatively freely, making it possible to create new patterns one after another. Based on this Hanakasuri, mud indigo dyeing is applied, and red and yellow are printed on the warp and weft threads, which are evenly spaced, as an image of the theme of MIZEN this time, "Kachiiro".
Authentic Oshima Tsumugi
Authentic Oshima Tsumugi
HONBA OHSHIMA TSUMUGI
Kagoshima prefecture
Authentic Oshima Tsumugi is a very rare material that uses a decoction of vegetable dyes and threads dyed with iron-rich mud found only in Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The finished pattern is already colored in the thread before weaving, and the precision of the kasuri that weaves the thread with the pattern accurately is unparalleled in the world. In order to create highly accurate kasuri threads, a weaving process called shimebata is performed, after which the kasuri threads in both the vertical and horizontal directions are hand-woven , so it is said that "Oshima weaves twice."
About MIZEN
MIZEN is based on the philosophy that "Luxury is the feeling of connection between people."
This is a project to create a luxury brand in which craftsmen who are responsible for traditional Japanese techniques play a leading role.
Based on the theme of "Spinning traditional techniques with the world", Japanese traditional techniques are adapted to modern lifestyles.
By designing and disseminating it not only in Japan but also to the whole world,
We aim to improve our status and increase the sustainability of the industry.
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