I create my works based on my philosophy of ”Surrender to Nature”.
Human beings are tiny in comparison to Nature. We humans are just a little part of magnificent nature. Therefore, I try to surrender myself to nature as much as possible.
This work is made by Japanese traditional dyeing technique called Dorozome which is a type of mud dyeing techniques originated from Southern Japan island Amami Oshima. The process involves dyeing white threads repeatedly until they reach a deep black color. Traditionally, the technique is used for the production of Oshima Tsumugi, delicate patterned woven silk kimonos. Plants and soil of Amami Oshima are used in dorozome, and the naturalistic technique has been going on for more than a thousand years.
Dorozome I’m doing now is a unique method of pulling up the canvas after it has been soaked in the mud field for about a month. In the meantime, I have just waited until nature finished it. I work with my philosophy of eliminating the arbitrariness of the artist as much as possible and surrendering myself to nature.
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I was born in 1981 in Ishikawa, Japan. From the age of six I lived in Kobe, Japan. Between 2001 and 2005 I studied at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto. After school I lived and worked as a graphic designer in Tokyo until 2012, when he moved to Kagoshima, Japan. Since 2012, I have been teaching graphic design as an associate professor at Kagoshima Prefectural College.
As an artist, I started working on my own in 2010. I currently live and work in Kagoshima.