Shibugami wool blanket - Shiba
Shibugami wool blanket - Shiba
Material: 100% lambs wool.
Size: 130x180 cm.
Woven by Klippan yllefabrik.
The design and color choice is based on a hand cut pattern on a mulberry paper stencil, which is in Japan known as Shibugami. The inspiration of the pattern comes from the flowering grass fields by the beaches where I grew up, tilting in the wind, backlit by the sunset. The pattern was first cut out in the paper by hand on free hand, before Klippan Yllefabrik helped me transform it into a blanket.
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The pattern is based on my hand cut stencil made out of a mulberry paper, which in Japanese is known as Shibugami. This paper is made from mulberry tree, impregnated in persimmon juice before it is smoked. After cutting the pattern in the Shibugami paper, it is strengthened with a silk gauze. Due to the repeated soaking and work with rice paste on the paper and fabric, the papers have a short life span and the fabric with a certain pattern can only exist in a very limited edition.
When I cut in the paper, something happens and I can create patterns and images that tell more than when I sketch with pen and paper. The flowering grass is something I have been trying to catch on paper for a long time, but how do you paint grass? Which color does it have? When I got the opportunity to cut in the mulberry paper I could finally express the picture I had in my mind.
