Japan, I want to see you
I would like to travel to Japan for many reasons, the first reason is to observe and to learn the textile technique called Shibori or Tie and Dye, is to reserve some areas of the fabric to prevent it for being dyed with knots, moorings, folds, rolled, pucker or with stitching. I' m interested because in this country are still being mainly for stitching, for make kimonos and others pieces. Other textile reason is to visit the Amuse Museum , that contains a great collection of Boro , literally translated as rags or scraps of cloths , used to describe clothes have been patched-up and repair many times. Its origin date back to the 17 th - early 19 th century, Boro is the clothing that was worn by farmers. Today represent a way of life, the beauty in the imperfect. Personally, I'm drawn to Boro because I'm interested in the concept of repair in every respect. Also the Japanese literature is my favorite, I love the novel The snow country written by...