When you move past my artwork, the images gently shift, changing the artistic expression. I like that.
Every day when I work, I have the desire to create artwork whose expression fluctuates.
When I am preparing to make something, and before I consider what I want to dye, I start by looking within myself to discover what I am thinking and feeling.
Indigo is a unique dye. It’s made by extracting lye from wood ash and using it to ferment the indigo raw material called Sukumo. Indigo behaves like a living thing. You have to judge the condition of the indigo every time you use it.
And you can change how many times you dye something to control the intensity of the color. So every time I dye something, I ask the indigo to make a beautiful color for me.
When I tie-dye, even if I make a large preliminary drawing, everything is reduced in apparent scale as I tie off and squeeze each part, obscuring the overall image. That is why it is so important for me to have a concrete image of the design firmly visualized in my mind.
