artist statement-Yoshiko Nakano
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      ★artist statement March 2005 (Yoshiko Nakano )
The theme of my work is “time and memories”. Time and memories come into existence in relation to social surroundings and the natural environment. My everyday life is closely related to the people and the nature around me. In daily life with other people and evens, my memories are constantly increased through experiences such as pleasure, impression, love, competition, anger, sadness and so on. As a result of those experiences or feeling for the time, past, present and the future, I have tried to give some form to my memories by drawing.

 In the process of building up my memories, weaving is a very important process for me. I like to weave, instead of just drawing, or using computer aided design, because I can give new life to the exclusive range of textures and colours of materials used in the slow process. With variety materials, the time and memories turn into visual and tactile tapestry. Expressive new mediums such as different kinds of papers and metallic fibres also fascinate me. When the materials are interlaced with traditional materials, the weaving shows me interesting lights and shadows from familiar mediums.    

  Although I love using own developed techniques to make interesting forms on my tapestry, I mainly apply in traditional way of “tsudure”, goblin weaving. This long lasting, historical yet simple technique which has been used to express intrinsic art of tapestries’ beauty may also be used to express modern art of tapestries’ beauty. Sometimes a latent power seems to exist in traditional techniques. For this reason, I have applied this technique in my own work. 

From the beginning of the 20th century, the notion of Japanese culture has been strongly affected by European and American culture. The idea of inherited traditional Japanese art and wise techniques of crafts is fading out rapidly. Forgetting our Japanese memories of beauty might result in the destruction of our own culture. It is my hope to keep and preserve our own culture, which has long been passed on from generation to generation. Of course, this approach does not mean avoiding change. In this international age, Japanese culture harmonised with other cultures can surely exist, just like our ancestors wonderfully took Chinese cultures into our culture in the old time.

 As I am a Japanese person, I keep weaving and drawing to make tangible form of “time and memories”. 

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(C)Artist: Yoshiko Nakano