Face Labo

I received another wonderful package in the post today from the women at Art Tower Mito. After the exhibition ended the women have continued their work together in a sewing club. In the weekend of August 9th and August 10th Art Tower Mito hosted a weekend of workshops for children. The women were invited to host a workshop.

Eri:

"When they do activities in public, the women give the name "Face Labo"  to the sewing club."

Yukari included in the envelop the examples the women prepared  

to show the children in the workshop.

Eri:

"The kids program will be held this weekend! So the women are preparing the materials now.

Do you remember Asuna’s hand made present for us? It is like a name tag with a braided string from painted fabric which is striped into strips. Yukari asked Asuna if they could use her idea for the program, and she agreed. So the braided bracelet has become one of kids handcraft activities.

They also produce other activities. The participants can choose many things, such as making covered buttons with painted fabric, painting an apron…, of course the kids can make freely whatever they want using the painted fabric."

Bracelet made by Asuna as a gift to each participant 

at the end of our workshop in Mito in February

Material and examples for the workshop of Face Labo during

"kodomo korabo rabo 2014", Art Tower Mito, August 2014

Selecting fabrics

Selecting materials for a bracelet

Making a brooch

Painting aprons

   

Everyone is special

The exhibition was closed on the last weekend in Art Tower Mito, and this workshop was also finished. The 23 participants of this workshop really enjoyed to make their new uniform and wearing it with confidence and happiness during the show. And they develop the deeper relationship with the other colleagues.

 

 

Questioning the Concept of A Uniform in Art Tower Mito:

10 days before the exhibition opening, 7 members + 1 MIMOCA guard with Pascale

18 days during the exhibition, 16 new participants joined

and

The other days,

Some of them made it at home

Some of them made it at their locker room

 

 

Their imagination of the new uniform was expanding every day.

We are very grateful to Pascale for this wonderful project!

May 2014

 

Working at the gallery

Their new uniforms are also one of the art of work of this exhibition.

Last minutes developing

The exhibition will be closed soon, so the women try to rush developing on their uniform.

 

 

 

Yukari extended to stitch by "Sashiko", traditional Japanese form of embroidery and attached some the other women's emotional fabric. 

 

 

 

Yoko made this big bag by using the rose pattern scarf which was gift from Kimiko.

 

 

 

Look at this! Yoko made this little broach as gratitude for Kimiko.

It stitched, "Thank you". This is absolutely same design as Yoko's bag.

Mikiko made this box type clutch bag, and put some little ornaments.

Ikuko made the hair dress which put the prismatic colored beads gave from Kimiko.



Yoshie added this red square decoration by Yoko's Thai fabric.

Emi tried to embroidery morning glory and already died vine.

She would like to represented "life and death" by this plant.

Ayaka got this rosette made by Kimiko which was using her indigo dyed fabric.

This sensitive lace ornaments was made by Aki.

Chiako is continuing her diary. 

She attached the days form, not only the bottom of the uniform but also the back side.

Aki made this long ornament by using the all participants' materials.

Kimiko got this chouchou from Emi.

She made it by using her memorial material for her uniform.

This rosette was also made by Kimiko. It is a gif for Yoshie.

She attached the bird form pockets on her uniform, so Kimiko embroidered sun flower seed for the birds snack.

Saori knitted this strawberry ornament, because this is her niece favorite fruits.

The leaves float gently between the white cotton trees on Mikiko's uniform.

This gray butterfly was made by her old socks.

Mayumi puts the big ribbons on her both side sleeves.

The blue fabric is gift from Aki.

Takako attached the pocket, and sawed the seven stitches by yellow thread.

That number means the first workshop members.

Aki loves birds, so this owl broach is a gift from Kimiko.

This was a piece of lace.

Aya's final origami work for her uniform is crystal of snow.

For her, this motif is very important.

Because she loves snow and told her snowy story at the first workshop.