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Chusen textile artist
SANAE NAITO

The technique of "CHUSEN"(pour dyeing) I specialized in is one of the traditional Japanese methods of dyeing.

 

The most important characteristic of "CHUSEN" is that it can be dyed on both sides, which expresses the Japanese sense of beauty for textiles.

 

It usually uses plain cotton fabrics,but I selected fabrics, some of which are made

by hand from abroad and dyed by "CHUSEN" technique, I'm exploring the expression

of "the modern collaboration between Japanese and overseas fabrics and textile culuture".

 

 

Le chûsen (littéralement, "teindre en versant"), technique dans laquelle je me suis spécialisée, fait partie des techniques traditionnelles japonaises de teinture.

 

Sa plus grande caractéristique réside dans la possibilité de teindre des deux côtés d’un tissu, caractéristique exprimantpar ailleurs l’esthétisme japonais en matière de teinture et de tissage.

 

Servant d’ordinaire à teindre un tissu en coton uni, j’utilise pour ma part la technique du chûsen pour teindre des tissus étrangers ou tissés manuellement. Je suis en quête de l’expression d’une "collaboration moderne entre les tissus nationaux et étrangers et la culture japonaise de la teinture et du tissage".

■BIOGRAPHY

1978  Born in Kanagawa,Japan

2002  BA  Joshibi University of Art and Design/Department of Craft

2006  MA  Joshibi University of Art and Design graduate school/Concentration in Craft,Dyeing

2006-2014 Lecturer of "TENUGUI" dyeing workshop,Tokyo Wazarashi Corporation,Tokyo

2009-2011 Part time lecturer of Program for promoting high-quality University education of

                    Ministry of Education,Joshibi University of Art and Design

2012-present   Part time lecturer of Joshibi University of Art and Design/Department of Craft and Design

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