Monday, April 20, 2009
琴爪入れ 菊
今日の画像は縮緬の琴爪入れの菊です。古典柄で好きなのがこの菊と椿、それに竹と金魚と兎です。好きなモチーフなので作るのが楽しかったです。
菊モチーフはいくつか種類があり、そのうちの2つを作る予定です。一つ目の今回の菊は花びらが長いタイプの菊です。色は紫と黄色の古典色の組み合わせです。何故紫と黄色なのでしょう?本物の菊でこの色の組み合わせは見たことがない気がします。が、かなり古くからこの色の組み合わせがありますね。
花びらの枚数が多いのと、その一つ一つに針金を仕込んで形を整えるのとで、作るのは大変でしたが出来上がった時の喜びは大きかったです。針金の曲げ具合で花の開き方が違ってきますので、開き過ぎず閉じすぎずで苦戦しました。使用した布と紐は全て自分で染めたものです。黄色も紫も数種類ありますので、その中からどの色を使うかで悩みました。紐先は丸にして蕾にしてみました。
また葉っぱも2枚付けました。葉も菊特有の形をしていて、縫い合わせてひっくり返す時に綺麗に形が出せるか不安でした。葉脈は刺繍で、葉の表裏両方にしました。葉にも針金が仕込んであります。葉っぱをつけると華やかさも増すのですが、結構作るのがめんどくさかったりします。
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4 comments:
Your works are so beautiful especially those 縮緬細工. I am a chinese that love traditional japanese culture. But I don't understand the cultural meaning of 縮緬袋物, e.g. 袋物 for 琴爪入. What is the use of this little bag for modern Japanese?
Hello Sue,
Thank you for your comment.
Chirimen fabric(縮緬 - Japanese crepe cloth)is a type of fabric which has distictive wave-like pattern, and it has been used to make kimono for 300 years. When we make a kimono from a fabric bolt, we get small pieces of fabric. So we used them to make 縮緬細工/縮緬袋物, not to waste even a little piece of fabrics. Chirimen-zaiku is a way to learn the value of things, and at the same time, is a good way to cultivate the sense of art and to take a lesson in needlework.
Since we had only small pieces of fabrics, we could make a small bags like 琴爪入れ(I assume you know what 琴爪 means). There are a few women who play 琴 nowadays, so those 琴爪入れ or 袋物 are used not for keeping 琴爪 but used for storage of accessories or put small amount of incense and hang inside of the closet/put on the bedside, or used as a gift package (nice accessories inside is good, I think).
I hope this answers to your question. Please come back and check new 縮緬細工 I will upload, I promise!
Ayano
Hi Panuciss,
Thanks really much for your patience and explanation... I got to know about 縮緬細工 few years ago when my colleague brought me a gift of 縮緬細工 after her vacation in Japan. I bought some japanese books and have just started learning to make 縮緬細工 on my own...
Thanks very much that now I know the use of 袋物 and this kind of fabric is used to make kimono.
Sure I will come. I appreciate much your handicraft works and effort to share them. Thanks : )
Hi Sue,
I'm glad to know that you started learning how to make 縮緬細工! Once you understand some basic skills and process, I'm sure you will be able to make your original 縮緬細工. I can't wait to see them one day. Good luck and have fun!
Ayano Panuciss
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