Shades of Kashmir Series Work, 2019

The Journey of the handmade textile

Artisan_Wallah
Nov 2 · 11 min read

“若以日本武術的「心、技、體」觀念來看這樣的織品創作旅程,師傅們的「心」念起了旅程的開頭,日復一日從一而終;「體」則是之於旅程的終點,最後體現於外的具體形式;至於「技」?則是這旅程中所有一切的連結,技術之於手法,之於人之於物之於歷史之於自然等所有關聯。”

之於體之展現

為什麼喀什米爾人在其織品工藝的發展上如此燦爛?也許歸功於得天獨厚的原料:pashm的珍貴,但我更相信的是因為人的因素,也就是這些織品師傅的心性手感讓那一撮撮細緻的羊毛,在漫長時間的淬煉下,打磨出層次、豐富的生命厚度之美。

之於心之旅程

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Artisan_Wallah

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Wallah, or more correctly, -wallah, describes the person who works on or gets involved in something.

Artisan Wallah

Wallah, or more correctly, -wallah, describes the person who works on or gets involved in something. As I changed my role from an industrial designer to a textile designer in training, I realized the next wallah I want to become is an artisan — a craftsman and an artist combined

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