Material
Ramie, Silk, Cedar, Insect poop
（緑はナナフシ×アダン、紫はオオシモフリスズメ×サクラ）

Technique
Single-sided embroidered weave, Insect poop dye

Pattern design
Ryota Mizusako （虫喰い柄）
Satoka Abe（杉の枝葉）

Photo
Shikama Kohei

In collaboration with
#白峰産業 #伊丹昆虫館

昆虫のフンやスギの間伐材など、未利用染料で染めた、喫茶のための敷布を制作しました。昆虫のフンで染めた布は虫喰い柄を、スギの間伐材で染めた布はスギの枝葉模様をデザインし縫取り織で織り上げています。染料と布の柄、相互に関係性を持たせた作品です。

I created a cloth for a tea ceremony, dyed with underutilized natural dyes such as insect frass and thinned cedar wood. The fabric dyed with insect frass features a worm-eaten pattern, while the one dyed with cedar is designed with motifs of cedar branches and leaves, woven using the nuitori-ori (embroidered weaving) technique. The work explores the relationship between the dye materials and the woven patterns.