Makiko Wakisaka
Textile art
An artist who creates light, transparent, membrane-like works by connecting natural leaf veins with needles and thread.
After graduating from university, she studied dyeing and weaving at Kawashima Textile School, and while still a student she began creating sculptures made by sewing together leaf veins.
The theme of the work is "Strength in the weak," "Things that are invisible but certainly exist," and "Ambiguous boundaries." The translucent lace-like veins of the leaves may look ephemeral, but they are paths that carry the energy of life. In creating the work, the artist carefully examines the curvature, hardness, and thickness of each leaf, which has its own unique character, and decides how to incorporate them into the work.
In recent years, she has not used the veins of the leaves as they are, but instead cut them into arbitrary shapes with scissors. By cutting the leaves, a contrast between the lines and the surfaces is created, and beautiful silhouettes and shadows appear. The presence of shadows cast by her works is an important element in her work. She is active both in Japan and overseas, and has won awards at exhibitions in France, Spain, Austria, and Hungary.
An artist who creates light works that resemble transparent membranes by connecting natural leaf veins with needles and threads.
After graduating from university, she studied dyeing and weaving at Kawashima Textile School, and while still in school, she has been creating modeling work made from stitched leaf veins.
The themes of her works are “strength in weakness,” “things that cannot be seen but definitely exist,” and “vague boundaries.”The transparent, lace-like veins of the leaves may seem fleeting, but they are the path that carry the energy of life. During the production process, she examines the uniqueness of each leaf, such as the degree of curvature, hardness, and thickness, and decides how to incorporate them into the work.
In recent years, instead of using the leaf veins as they are, I use scissors to cut them into arbitrary shapes. By cutting the leaves, a contrast is created between the lines and surfaces, creating beautiful silhouettes and shadows. The presence of shadows created by her works is an important element in her works.She has worked both domestically and internationally and has won awards at exhibitions in France, Spain, Austria, and Hungary.
It is the first place to be a creator, to use a Japanese wire, to connect natural leaves, and to create a kind of transparent film-like art work.
After graduating from university, I started studying and dyeing at the school, and began to create figurative works while I was still in school.
The main themes of this work are ``weak and medium strength'', ``things that cannot be seen but actually exist'', and ``the limit of ambiguity''. Transparent buds are generally seen as if they died instantly, but this vein is the path of life's ability.
During the production process, the unique characteristics of each piece of paper, such as the degree of curvature, hardness and thickness, and the degree of curvature, as well as the degree of hardness and thickness, have been incorporated into the work.
In recent years, it has been used indirectly to cut scissors into any shape. The passage of the cut tree leaves, the formation of the lines between the lines and the surface, and the creation of a beautiful image of the circle. The existence of a creative image in a work is the single most important element in a work.她曹中和国附附上工、并并联国、西班软、茈地利和匈轻利的表览获奖中获.
