Taste of Boro and Sashiko

About the Workshop

Boro is Japanese mending technique. Participants will have a couple of vintage fabrics, a plain fabric and an indigo dyed fabric which can be used base of their boro piece. Emi provides scrap fabrics from her slow fashion clothing including handwoven and vintage/antique fabrics for making patches. Participants are welcome to bring their own favourite fabrics for the project. Generally, boro piece is created with many years, not only 3 hours workshop. Participants create their base of boro piece in the session and then Emi wishes that they continue to patch and stitch to make their special pieces.

About the Tutor

Emi is a Japanese textile artist and designer based in Northamptonshire specialised in hand weaving with natural materials and natural dyeing. She launched her slow fashion garment collection in 2021. She is also trained as a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Dyer in Japan and she is planning to set up a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Studio in her 17th-century limestone house in Northamptonshire.

She is also influenced by the study of traditional textiles, techniques and materials inspired by Confucius words, who said: "We can learn new things from the past". She loves to explore different countries and find traditional materials, techniques and ideas. She has developed her own style to express her art which is based in a Japanese identity with European influences.

Website: https://www.emifujisawa.co.uk/

Instagram: emi_fujisawa_textile_ceramic

Tickets

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