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"I cut the cloth into thin ribbons and tie them together to form a shape with a needle and thread."
While working on this piece, I heard a song by the British rock band "The Damned" on the radio for the first time in a long time.
NYAMNED is a modern style. Since it can be made with haggis, it reduces waste and is kind to the earth.
NYAMNED is very compassionate. You can make it from clothes and covers that you can't throw away, or even from your grandmother's kimono.
NYAMNED may be a good guy.
NYAMNED is addictive. Once you start, you can't stop. My hands hurt. My back hurts. But I don't want to stop.
I didn't want to make any more clothes, and I even wanted to keep making only NYAMNED for the rest of my life.
But that wasn't going to happen.
I had no choice but to step on the sewing machine for the first time in a long time, even though I didn't feel like it since I was done with NYAMNED.
Then, to my surprise, I found myself saying, "Hey...? Does it feel good? I mean, what is this exhilarating feeling?"
Yes, I almost fell under the spell of NYAMNED.
"It's not good to be judgmental about anything."
I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that," NYAMNED whispered in my ear, as if to ridicule me.
To be continued
special thanks to everyone at Rock Chick Preschool
Clothing artist. Born 1971 in Maebashi City, graduated from Women's Junior College of Art and Design in 1994, opened "CAFE NYAMCOM" in Isesaki City in 1999, and opened her atelier store "NYAMCOM" behind Ya-man's (now ya-gins) in Maebashi City in 2006. She has been creating textile works mainly for clothing. She has a solo exhibition "Cat House" at ya-gins in 2019 and "Maebashi Art" at Arts Maebashi in 2020.
River to River: An Art Festival by the River
The Hirose River and Baba River are located in the city of Maebashi. The Hirose River and the Baba River in the city of Maebashi bring us a lot of inspiration as well as moisture and rich scenery.
The "River to River Art Festival" will feature exhibitions and theatrical performances at art spaces, historical buildings, and other locations in the watershed of the two rivers.
Like the river that continues to flow there, we hope that through this art festival we will encounter the present and the past of Maebashi, and that this will lead to the future.
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.
