it about the old or new debate about using paper as textiles.
To what extent can you really push paper so that there is no difference left between paper and textiles.its true that they have a lot of similarity in terms of structure, quality and usage.
history holds records of time when oiled paper was used as sails or cloaks.
Japan has a tradition of making hand made paper out of natural fiber and then spinning them into yarns. these yarns where then woven into fabric called Shifu.
The sensual ,haptic quality, ability to be hard and soft at the same time, its surface structure , colour and the illusive play of light and shadow constantly attracts me to paper.
Paper has always been seen as a medium of knowledge, human progress, cultural and spirituality.today more than ever before we need to reinforce the need to go back to tradition and culture , connect to our roots.
So can this medium of culture and spirituality to transformed from its native state to something more.
This brings me to exploring more and more with paper using traditional textile techniques of weaving and off loom.using hand made paper i wish to explore various properties of the paper .
No comments:
Post a Comment