Asuna's Jacket
Kanako also sent photos of Asuna, who is still working on her jacket. It looks very beautiful!
Choosing a Pattern for the MIMOCA Outfits
Kanako sent photographs from the 6th session at MIMOCA. She explained that the women were discussing whether to use the pattern for the one piece dress used at Mito, or another apron dress. She says:
Here are pictures from their discussion:
At last, women chose the Mito one piece dress! The reasons are…
Because the design is cool and original that they can not buy it at any store, they want to wear it.
There is already pattern and they can start making soon.
Loosely designed
They want to practice attaching a sleeve and collar.
It seems to be warm.
…and so on.
The strongest reason was that they want to share it with Mito faces, and then, to unfold it by adding a little change.
Here are pictures from their discussion:
Takako's New Uniform
Nakako also sent photographs of Takako's new uniform - and a close-up of the fabric.
My new uniform 3
Chiako
Hawaiian fabric:
She visited Hawaii for the first time with member of Fra dance class, and bought this fabric. Last week, she met one of the members in the gallery. They have not seen for five years, but when the firend found her and said "I remember this fabric and the wonderful trip together." It was wonderful coincidence by wearing the new uniform.
Pink T-shirts:
She loves the exhibition, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger at Art Tower Mito in 2012. They make lots of works using crystal. She is inspired by one of their work, "Nursery", which is pink crystal grows up on top of the object of the dolphin. She represented it by using this pink T-shirts which her mother gave her as a souvenir from trip abroad.
Diary of uniform:
She keeps this special diary during this exhibition. When she wear her new uniform in the gallery, she writes down what happen on it and representing hre feeling of the day in color, for example, pink=good day, blue=sad day. And form, square is March, triangle is April and circle is May. Then put the same seal and the date on the bottom of the uniform. It is inspired by Susan Cianciolo drawing. Susan draws not only clothes and words but also many form.
"I love drawing, but I am not good at sewing. One day, one of the other participants of this workshop told me, "Why don't you stitch as to draw a picture?" That is completely changing my thought. It's wonderful idea." -Chiako
My new uniform 2
Takako
Abstract paint:
She loves green color. she gave a brush to her little son and he try to draw freely on the fabirc. She is inspired by Susan Cianciolo collaboration work with her daughter. Also she put the words he can speak on her uniform, such as "I am hungry", "I am two years old", "Turn your face to me", "That's great" etc. with some alphabet seals.
Stitch by hand:
She is interested in Keisuke Kanda who is one of participated designer this exhibition. His design is characterized by partial hand stitch, so she tries it by hand for the first time. This green fabric was going to be a bib for her son.
Green bag:
She thought that she would like to leave something to his son in making her new uniform. So she made this bag. While the exhibition she uses in the gallery, and after that, give this bag to her son. That is why the strap of the bag can be adjustment.
"It was very happy time for me to work with my son and my colleagues. I would like to sew more things by hand." -Takako
1st Day at MIMOCA
March 10th, 2014
Kayo's culottes are hand-me-downs from her mother. She has a photo of her mother wearing the culottes during her younger days holding Kayo as a baby in her arm. Kayo also treasures another photo that her grandmother and she herself wearing the culottes are in together.
Mariko chose yukata, too. She teased her mother for it when she was a high school student, because she loved it at first sight. Mother recommended another one, but she never changed her opinion. It was her first experience that she insisted on her own taste in clothes.
Emiko brought three garments. A vest having horizontal stripes of various colors and a long-sleeved T-shirt having yellow and gray stripes. She bought them because she liked the color arrangement. And a pair of brown pants, she liked the shape on sight. Her decisions to buy are very quick because she rarely meet garments that she likes its design.
Junko chooses this hanten (traditional Japanese style short coat) as a garment that she wants to least discard. Four years ago, she lived alone and she had trouble with her room being too cold. Her grandmother sent it to her at that time. It is made of overall tie-dyed fabric. She remembered that her grandma wore similar one for decades. Then, she understood that this was valuable and longwearing. She always feels at ease when she wears it.
Kiyoko also bought a red coat when she got a year-end bonus for the first time. Red coats were popular in those days because an actress wore it in a TV drama. Soon she felt it was out of fashion and stopped wearing it. After that, she started wearing this A-line coat again when she became pregnant three times.
The workshop finally started at MIMOCA. Participants gathered after their work wearing a piece of clothing or multiple pieces that has or have a special emotional meaning to each.
Asuna
Asuna is wearing a yukata (an informal cotton kimono) and a red obi (a belt). Her mother presented it to her last year. It was made to fit her. It reminds her of her grandmother who gave many kimono and yukata to Asuna's mother.
Kayo
Kayo's culottes are hand-me-downs from her mother. She has a photo of her mother wearing the culottes during her younger days holding Kayo as a baby in her arm. Kayo also treasures another photo that her grandmother and she herself wearing the culottes are in together.
Mariko
Mariko chose yukata, too. She teased her mother for it when she was a high school student, because she loved it at first sight. Mother recommended another one, but she never changed her opinion. It was her first experience that she insisted on her own taste in clothes.
Tomoko
When Tomoko was in her early twenties, her older friend presented this T-shirt to her as a souvenir from Paris. At that time, she worked hard everyday as an assistant at a laboratory researching Nerine japonica (red spider lily) that was printed on the T-shirt. She felt the warmth of her friend through this. She wears it only once a year when she feels comfortable, because she treats it very much.
Emiko
Emiko brought three garments. A vest having horizontal stripes of various colors and a long-sleeved T-shirt having yellow and gray stripes. She bought them because she liked the color arrangement. And a pair of brown pants, she liked the shape on sight. Her decisions to buy are very quick because she rarely meet garments that she likes its design.
Junko
Junko chooses this hanten (traditional Japanese style short coat) as a garment that she wants to least discard. Four years ago, she lived alone and she had trouble with her room being too cold. Her grandmother sent it to her at that time. It is made of overall tie-dyed fabric. She remembered that her grandma wore similar one for decades. Then, she understood that this was valuable and longwearing. She always feels at ease when she wears it.
Nozomi
Nozomi bought this red long coat with all the money she saved up from working part-time for the first time when she was sixteen years old. Through that, she started buying her clothes by herself.
Kiyoko
Rie
Twenty-seven years ago, Rie's father gave this blue suit to her. He bought it at Osaka. It was the first and last clothes that he presented to his daughter. She remembers that she took walking training as an attendant at the exposition wearing this suit. She has not worn it for long time, but she can not discard it.
Keiko
Keiko bought this blouse because she liked combination of gray and brown. But she wore it only two times. Some people around her said that it was showy and she concerned about their words, and then, she could not wear it. "Look closely, the pattern is big," she thought. This time, she wants to ask other participants whether it is showy or not.
Sawako
Last year, Sawako went on a trip to Asian countries. She bought this tank top at Chiangmai. When she found it in the shopwindow for the first time, she could not go into the shop. But on the way back from bazaar, in excitement, she could go and bought it. Shop staff welcomed and invited her at tea. She gets energetic when she looks at this tank top. There are many good memories in it.
My new uniform 1
Emi
Chain stitch:
She would like to represent that all ATM guards are connected by the good relationship each other like this circle chain stitches. This circle design comes from the image of exhibition poster.
"Art or Fashion?"
She also pick up the key words from the exhibition poster and embroidery it on the back and going to continue putting more words during the show.
She is inspired by the seven women who have participated the first workshop, so she embroidered their initial of name on the left sleeve.
Favorite fabric:
She bought this fabric for long time ago but had not been used because she love it so much. This time she thought it is good opportunity to use. Note, pens, flashlight...can put in various necessary things which for working in the gallery.
"I had no experience of embroidery, but I try to do that many part of this uniform.
Now, I became very interested in the world of embroidery" -Emi
Develop their uniform
The women from the first workshop are working with the new participants, and also they continue to evolve their uniform at the same time.
Ayaka and the other guards made the earring together, using her indigo
dyeing fabric:
Ayaka and the other guards made the earring together, using her indigo
dyeing fabric:
Meme took out the "Obi" collar today. It is pleasant for her to consider various ideas how to wear the uniform:
Aki made the crochet lace bag for putting in what she need in the gallrey work:
Aya put origami dandelion on the collar, she is going to change it to make other origami flowers to suitable the blossom season:
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