Hand-woven Tea Mat

Artist: Noriko Matsumoto
7,400 yen ($47.30 USD)
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Hand-woven Tea Mat / 36cm x 22.5cm / Organic Linen & Chita Cotton

In the middle of the Edo period, in the Tohoku region, there was a custom of not discarding used fabrics like cotton but repurposing them for other uses or reusing them in new fabrics. From this tradition, a technique called “Saki-ori” was born, and even today, there are artisans who incorporate this technique into their creations.

One such maker is Noriko Matsumoto, a weaver based in Nagoya City. Matsumoto-san works with natural materials and dyes to produce hand-woven textile accessories using the saki-ori technique.

Matsumoto-san made use of discaded cotton from a local textile producer in Aichi. The Chita cotton fabric is woven slowly and meticulously on old style weaving machines from the Meiji era , and in the tradition of saki-ori, she used torn strips of the leftover fabric to weave the mats.

The cotton was hand dyed using a variety of natural plant based dyes.

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Noriko Matsumoto
Born in 1966
2004 The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College
MA Contemporary Crafts Woven Textiles(UK)
2004-2007 University College for the Creative Arts (UK) Artist-in-residence

    PRODUCT DETAILS

  • Dimensions: L 36cm x W 22.5cm
  • Weight: 43g
  • Material: Organic Linen Yam/Chita Cotton Cloth/Natural Dyes (Coffee)
  • Product No: CFE-NM-02
  • Made in Japan

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