… acoya x midiru midiru に寄せて。
midiru midiru … 与那国の想い布
風に乗りどこからかともなく現れる迷い蝶、 ひらひらと海に向かい舞う蝶は、もう一つの世界がどこかに存在することを連想させる。あちらとこちらを行ったり来たりしているのだ。
この島を取り巻く海の碧は特別で、島はこの碧から隆起した珊瑚の島だ。母なる海、 人は海から生まれ、全てここから始まった。深い深い碧に白い波、かつてここに幻の都が存在していたことを物語る、そして海流に乗り様々な物語がやって来た。
この島を豊かな島へと導いた伝説の女性、イソバの住む場所には神聖な木、ガジュマルがある。
力強いガジュマルから生まれる色は、とても優しいピンク、アサディいろ、母なる色。
イソバはこのアサディを纏い、この世界の平和を願っていたに違いない。
女性は布を織る、大切な人を思い、この海のような深い愛と、優しい心で、愛しい人の無事を祈り布を織る。島の植物に命をもらい、全ての工程を一人で作り上げるこの布は、島を取り巻く自然の力を借り、その力を信じて生み出される。
糸を績み、染め、織り上がる布、想いを重ね 、祈り、 静かな形となり現れる。
愛する何かを想いながら生まれる、それは物言わぬ 静かな想いの布なのだ。
… on the occasion of the collaboration ‘acoya x midiru midiru’
midiru midiru: A garment embodying the sentiments of Yonaguni.
A forlorn butterfly appears out of the blue, carried by the wind, as it flutters toward the ocean, it reminds me of another world that exists somewhere.
It shifts to and fro, from here to there.
The cerulean blue surrounding the island is something special, made of coral that has risen from the ocean. The sea is its mother, and the people were born from this ocean. This is where it all began.
In a blue of deepest blue, with its white foamy waves, it tells us of how the illusory capital once existed here, and the many stories that arrived on the current.
The sacred Gajumal tree stands where the legendary lady Isoba lived, who once led the island to prosperity. From the powerful Gajumal comes a very soft pink. It is the color of Asadi, a color of maternity. The Isoba in the Asadi must have wished for peace on this planet.
The women weave the garment, thinking of their precious ones.
They weave, praying for the safety of their beloved, with a caring heart and affection as deep as the ocean. As it was the plants of this island that gave them their life, the fabric, made entirely by the hands of a single person, lends to the energy of the island’s abundant nature, created with a trust in its power.
The yarn is spun, dyed and woven into a garment, weaving in layers of their own wishes and prayers, then delivered to us in a harmonized form. It is brought to life while thinking of the things they love.
It is a silent and gentle garment reflecting their sentiments.
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A natural plants dye made from ‘gajumal’, it’s ‘banyan tree’ in Yonaguni.
