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Item: Dyed Linen Bags 

Dyeing Technique: Japanese-Kakishibu dye and Bengala-mud dye

Artist Biography 

Hiroko Okita

From Hiroshima, Japan.

2001 Started bag sewing in Bali.

2003 Adopted Japanese-Kakishibu (Persimmon tannin) and Bengala-mud dyeing techniques.

My own story

I was inspired to sewing by the broken her heart of my friend in Bali. I sewed a bag wishing her to go out with that bag and treat her hurt by finding joy.

For 2 years, I had lived in Bali, surrounded by nature, making bags, using Indonesian wax-resist dyeing technique, Batik. I asked local leather shoemakers to produce them in goatskin leather based on my samples. 

After I came back to Japan, I tried to find earth-friendly materials and fabrics. At the same time I grew vegan in practice.This life style change inspired me to switch to linen dyed with Japanese-Kakishibu and Bengala-mud for dyeing techniques.

Exhibition

Jan 2015, Seiko Obara & akordo, Exhibition of 2 artists at MANOS GARDEN in Hiroshima.

Mar 2015, Exhibition dedicated to Backpacks at bol. in Hiroshima.

Jan 2017, Daisuke Matsutake & akordo, Exhibition of 2 artists at MANOS GARDEN in Hiroshima.

Nov 2017, Flea market, 'Hiroshima Kobutsukai 2017 Autumn.'

Sep 2022, Tamukaima & akordo, Group exhibition at bonon Kyoto.

Jul 2023, Occasion for special ordering at Wearhouse in Hiroshima.

Jul 2024, Exhibition at READAN DEAT in Hiroshima. (Special thanks : Karakusa & Tamukaima)

Feb 2025, Kaoru Furuya & akordo, Exhibition of 2 artists at bonon kyoto. (Special thanks : Tamukaima)

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