In the torrent of the times, the fabrics that had lost their owners and had nowhere to go were untied, torn, twisted and knitted by the artist’s own hands. Countless gorgeous garments left behind by the mother of an acquaintance at her house.
Or the colorful patchwork of hanten with colorful linings left behind by the former residents of an old private home.
weaving sentimentality, photo: yasunari kikuma
In this way, it was expressed as a time to pass on the feelings of sadness and loneliness that dwelled there to the next generation.
Bio
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Yu Kawajiri
JP
After graduating from Tama Art University, Department of Integrated Design, Yu Kawajiristudied at coconogacco and Shoyosha. She won the Grand Prize at FASHION FRONTIER PROGRAM 2023. Kawajiri creates clothes, takes photographs and conducts research through encounters with “things that have lost their way” in her surroundings and at various manufacturing sites.