H U M U S project
Ma’Umi MAP Ocean
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
30 May-13 June, 2023
Cultivating fertile sensory “gardens” for collaboration and coexistence.
With:
@horne_art_studio
@rumihale
@tatsu.rodoriguez
Lennox Horne
Oberon Horne
@map_ocean
@ff_fujita
@ma_umi_residencies
Post typhoon rain
Frogs
Conch shell
Gourd
Bamboo nose flute
Beach detritus
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Thank you to master plant weaver of Yaeyama jofu Matsutake San, sharing your unique journey and contribution to your community in Shiraho
Whilst in residency @ma_umi_residencies
With tireless translation by @ff_fujita
For the research + development project H U M U S (30 May- 13 June) with @horne_art_studio and offspring Oberon + Lennox Horne.
Seeing into the relationships between people and plants and the ripple effect into the community and ecologies.
Jofu is the pinnacle of Japanese Asa (ramie) fabric, which for a long time used to be presented to the imperial court and families of the shogunate.
Yaeyama Jofu is made from ramie, a plant from the nettle family which grows to about a metre high, from which the fibre is attained. An incredibly time consuming process of separating and hand twisting the hair like thin strand fibres together by a network of grannies in preparation for the warp and weft threads
The dye used for Yaeyama jofu is taken mostly from the plants grown in Yaeyama including kuru, Fukugi tree, mangrove, Acacia confusa, and indigo.
The kuru has to be peeled and grated before being put in boiling water, which is strained to get the reddish brown dye. The leaves of Acasia confusa, which is an evergreen in the pea family, are boiled to make dye of multiple shades from pale to vivid yellow.
Indigo has to be soaked in water with branches still attached and the liquid is fermented with lime and saké to make the dye.
Ikat or kasuri is used to create the patterns in the warp faced textiles.
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