Asuna explained me
how workshop worked in the beginning days of actually making the uniform. After
the indigo die workshop daytrip, Yukari, Zoe and Pascale made a pattern of one
piece which is going to be a base for the uniform design. On the 6th
day, everyone actually started sawing with white fabrics they were given. They
worked till the end of the day. Since some women did not have sawing
experiences at all, they really worked hard .The mood became intense. On the
beginning of the workshop on 7th day, Pascale let them sit in a
circle, and she suggested doing 5 minutes meditation altogether, putting
fabrics on top of their laps. They felt their breathe, they imagined how
fun it would be making dresses, they imagined having good time spending with
all the other women. Then, the atmosphere of the workshop turned radically,
Asuna said. “Tt was like a magic. Instead of the tense of the day before, we
kept working with happy mood, enjoying what we were doing. We worked till 7 or
8pm. We spontaneously continued working.” She did for the first time painting
on the cloth directly using acrylic paints. Now she knows she can paint on the
fabric. Now she knows she can actually make cloth by her self! “I did not like
sawing machine that much before. You know it is difficult how to put strings in
the machine, and when it is not working well fabrics stops going and strings
become messy. So I thought ‘Forget about
sawing machine. I can saw by hands.” But through workshop, asking her colleges
for help, now she knows how to handle it.
She looked so
confident, happy, proud of herself!