textile designer and batik artist
 

YUKA UEDA

textile designer and batik artist

Yuka Ueda stands on the threshold between the ancient batik tradition she has mastered and the modern designs that tell her unique story.with her foundation in batik textile tradition Yuka Ueda creates striking and beautiful works for the 21st century.

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インドネシア・バリ島にて、2013年より染色家およびテキスタイルデザイナーとして生地制作に携わっております。日本で「ジャワ更紗」として知られるバティックは、布全体に隙間なく模様が描かれるのが特徴です。幾何学模様から自然のモチーフまで、地域や宗教により異なる個性的な表現が息づく、歴史ある伝統文化です。もともとは王宮の衣装として発展し、現在も職人の減少はあるものの、ユネスコの世界無形文化遺産に登録され、その価値が広く認められています。私はこの13世紀から伝わる伝統技法に深く魅了され、その技術や道具に注目しながら、生地制作に取り組んでいます。

 About my Work

To preserve a precious cultural heritage like batik it is necessary to keep it alive though new perspectives.

As I study batik and its history and the deep culture surrounding it here in Indonesia a rich background emerges from which I draw inspiration. In ancient times, as now, the energies that come from nature interact with culture through the artist and her use of the patterns of batik. As I draw with a canting feelings arise from deep within me that batik allows me to direct straight onto the blank cloth.

The attraction of the medium of batik for me is the transformation with my own hands of the two-dimensional surface of the blank cloth into a three dimensional world of ideas and imagination. This I mix with my personal touch and the “wabi sabi” of my Japanese background to give rise to something mysterious and hopefully appealing.

 
 
 
 
 
 

COLLECTIONS

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STORES

We have selected techniques to match the motifs and combined them with unique designs to bring traditional crafts into modern life along with the history of the crafts.

The more you use our products, the more you will enjoy the texture and warmth of our textiles, which will delight your mind and body.

 

~~~ coming soon ~~~

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