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Monday 16 April 2018

Wabi Sabi!

Wabi Sabi - not something you put on your sushi, but a Japanese world view centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.
What on earth is all that about!
Well, it was Jaki Bogg, our speaker at this month's meeting, who brought it up as part of her talk on her artistic journey, creativity and inspiration. We've all been there, stuck for inspiration or wondering how to tackle a theme or project we've been given. It's good to know Jaki gets stuck sometimes too and to hear how she works her way round the problem.
Jaki is a local artist but has also lived in France; she's a painter, sculptor, film extra, teacher and stitcher who likes to use the theme of fertility on her work. She has produced large pieces of machine embroidery before but her real love is hand stitching - slow stitching; boro - something new from old; dyeing, experimenting.
As a member of TAG (Textile Art Group) she was involved in an exhibition for the Royal Armouries, Leeds, based on Samurai armour. Initially unispired by Japanese rmour she researched and twisted the brief to suit her interests an ideas and created "The Mender" (see photos below). This is a fabulous piece of textile sculpture, a wife of a Samurai, a grandmother. we really enjoyed the slide show and talk. Thanks to Jaki for a lovely afternoon. Here's a link to her website.


 





(Photos taken and reproduced with the permission of Jaki Bogg. Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)