Detail of ' Cherry blossoms ( silk and pastel ) '
' Do you dye the thread? '
I'm often asked that.
Basically I buy the threads and use as they are.
The silk threads colored so light, several types of colors quite close, are used in this work.
Pastels play an active part too as in the subtitle.
At the violet lines of buds upper left of the photo,
Besides that, pastels hide under the threads and sometimes appear.
Moreover,
I made silk thread absorb pastel a little partially in a secret way.
That's why the color in a single line looks uneven.
Not to put the color on from outside,
but to hide it and make it emit from inside.
That was my plan about this work.