Noren curtain by a Japanese Contemporary Artist - "Birds, sing the songs of the earth, through my bones" - Designed by Maki Ohkojima
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- 02-06-113-0207
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- Nakamura
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- Interior
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For Europe:3,800円(JPY)
For United States:3,900円(JPY)
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Description
Imagining the noren curtain as support material, it features artwork by the contemporary artist Maki Ohkojima.
The silk fabric, with silver threads woven into the weft, was coloured by inkjet dyeing and embroidered with a part of the design.
The brightly coloured noren, featuring an elaborate design, serves not only as a boundary between spaces, but also as a decorative art piece to adorn a space itself.
Inkjet Dyeing + Horizontal Swing Embroidery (a Japanese embroidery technique to create free-hand patterns on fabric using a horizontal sewing machine in which the needle moves left and right)
Inkjet dyeing, an electronic dyeing method that uses data as its source, is capable of creating elaborate and multi-coloured designs that cannot be expressed by hand dyeing. But behind its beautiful colour, lies the untiring efforts of the artisans.
In addition, the traditional horizontal swing embroidery can create a pinpoint embroidery on a design.
Design: Maki Ohkojima/Contemporary Artist
Standing on the boundary of the umwelt of different beings, she seeks to pursue the various forms of the entanglement of life and death.
Note: This is a made-to-order product. It takes about two months from order to delivery.
Size detail: W990 mm x H1250 mm
Material: Silk
Nakamura
http://www.nakamura-inc.jp/
Since its establishment in 1923, Nakamura has focused on noren (partitioning curtains), whose form and function has not changed greatly since the Edo period (1603-1867), proposing new ways of use and design through modern reinterpretation. Originally working as an intermediary that coordinated all processes involved in the making and repairing of kimono, Nakamura drew on the know-how and experience it accumulated through its many years of close interaction with artisians to begin producing noren for clients in Japan and overseas in 2014.
Noren are iconic items that have decorated the entrances of Japanese buildings for centuries. They are thought to have arisen in the Yayoi period (300 BCE-300 CE) as curtains used as sunshades and dust screens. Noren, often dyed with designs that feature distinguishing symbols such as store names, family crests and historical imagery, are considered a forerunner to Japanese outdoor advertising.
Nakamura undertakes the entire production of noren, from suggesting various materials and dyeing techniques to the comprehensive handling of all design elements including graphics, logos, and crests, to bring new life to traditional noren and create "the one and only noren" that perfectly meets the client's demands.
Faced with the demands for efficiency and mass production of modern society, it requires extraordinary effort to simply sustain the exquisite technique and know-how which were handed down by artisians over generations. In an age undergoing constant change, the ability to produce new value that is meaningful to society is the best way to preserve the work of the artisians . And in every age, that role is played by producers with creative ideas, such as Nakamura.