PROJECT
2020.04~
Zodiac
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. This textile is a precisely woven Nishijin-ori fabric inspired by Alphonse Mucha’s lithograph “Zodiac.”
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2020.01~
ＪＯＢ
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. This is a finely crafted Nishijin-ori textile precisely reproducing Alphonse Mucha’s lithograph “JOB.”
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2020.04~
Primrose and Feather
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. "This textile is intricately woven using traditional Nishijin-ori techniques, faithfully reproducing the designs of Alphonse Mucha’s lithographs Primrose and Feather."
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2020.01~
Princess Hyacinth
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. This textile is a meticulously woven Nishijin-ori fabric that faithfully captures “Princess Hyacinth,” one of the defining lithographs from Alphonse Mucha’s Czech period.
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2020.04~
Gismonda
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. This textile is a meticulously crafted Nishijin-ori fabric that faithfully recreates “Gismonda,” one of Alphonse Mucha’s most iconic lithographs.
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2020.01~
Ruby
This fabric was designed based on Alphonse Mucha's work, the decorative panel "The Four Jewels ・ Rubies", and woven as a more gorgeous fabric with Nishijin weaving techniques.
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2020.04~
Eiffel Tower
Based on the Eiffel Tower, a representative building in Paris, France, it is woven as an elegant and gorgeous fabric with Nishijin weaving. It uses a special yarn made of gold and silver threads sprayed with gemstone powder.
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2020.01~
Letter
This fabric is a work that creates and designs the original Mucha logo as a work that expresses the "new world of Mucha" that combines Mucha's art and Nishijin weaving techniques, and weaves it with Nishijin weaving.
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2020.04~
Casablanca
This fabric has been wove using Nishijin weaving techniques to recreate Mucha's work "PL33"from his" Collection of Decorative Documents " in a way that faithfully recreates the original painting .
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2020.01~
The Garden of Orchids
"Woven with yarn-dyed high-twist yarns for both warp and weft, this textile offers a supple drape and an elegant hand feel." This fabric is woven with Nishijin-ori, featuring a design based on “Flowers”, one of two color lithographs—“Flowers” and “Fruits”—created by Alphonse Mucha in 1897. The motif is expressed through traditional Kyoto weaving techniques, blending Art Nouveau elegance with Japanese craftsmanship.
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2020.01~
Shibaraku
The pattern is based on the typical costume of Kabuki "Shibaraku ". I think the English title is "Jost a moment", but it was also performed at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. A bold design inspired by Kabuki is woven with Nishijin weaving. As a special material, "koto thread" is used for the handle of the collar.
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2020.04~
The Moon and the Vine II
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. "This fabric is intricately woven using traditional Nishijin-ori techniques, with a design inspired by Moon and Kudzu, a work by Suzuki Kiitsu, a prominent Rinpa painter and disciple of Sakai Hōitsu in the late Edo period."
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2020.01~
Jakuchū Painting
"Woven with yarn-dyed high-twist yarns for both warp and weft, this textile offers a supple drape and an elegant hand feel.""By using slub yarn for the weft, the fabric gains a rich texture and a distinctive character." "This fabric is woven using traditional Nishijin-ori techniques and features designs inspired by selected works from the diverse and distinctive oeuvre of Itō Jakuchū."
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2020.04~
葡萄図 Budo-zu (Grapevines)伊藤若冲 Ito Jakuchu
Using three warp yarns with two warp colors (dark and light), this design clearly distinguishes each color. A 900-hook Jacquard loom is employed to create intricate patterns. "This fabric is woven using traditional Nishijin-ori techniques, faithfully reproducing the design of Itō Jakuchū’s Grapevine painting."
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