In terms of needlework, the Japanese, like no other, are capable of painstaking manual work, including often and masterfully rewor old things in new ones.
One of the types of such alterations of old, unsuitable for wearing, kimono is known yet not so much of the people of the amazing technique of Kinusayig (Kinusaiga, 絹 彩画) - the creation of paintings from silk pieces.
I immediately want to make a reservation that the author of most submitted works is a modern master. This artist is called Maeno Takashi She was born in the Japanese city of Nagoya in 1961. We hope this fact does not prevent you from familiarizing this technique.
Kinusayga resembles a lot of needlework techniques at the same time: patchwork, wood thread, batik, painting, applique, mosaic.
In fact, Kinusayiga is special appliques from old kimono, which in kinumayiga will have a second life. Redose, however, the Japanese are so masterfully, use such small details, as definitely select the texture and color, that the outcome of the work looks not like the connection of heterogeneous patchwork, but as a completely realistic picture or even the photo!
However, now in Japan, special sets are sold for this type of needlework. Initially, silk pictures did only from Kimono.
Most often, Kinusayig depicts landscapes, as well as streets, parts of houses.
Sometimes you can meet flowers in Kinusayig technique.
Much less often appear on Kinusayig people - usually back, and often old men.
It is possible to explain this very prose: to pass the face with silk flaps is not easy!
Kinusayig, even in Japan itself is not too common. Exclusive paintings are always created solely manually, so it turns out very expensive.
The process of creating kinusayig leisurely. First, sketch is done on paper. Then this drawing is translated into a wooden bunch.
The contour of the drawing on the bug is cut by very narrow grooves (or grooves), a depth of just 2 mm.
Then the paper picture is painted - each fragment is defined color. These fragments are numbered (and on paper, and on the tree), and the elements of a fabric with a 1mm intake are laid on the form of each piece!
And the picture is collected on the table - each silk element is stacked in its place and cuts are neatly hiding in the grooves.
So a piece of beautiful scenery and scenes from life are born behind a piece ...
Kinusayiga - the genre is quite rare: not to all the Europeans who visited Japan, was lucky enough to look at the patchwork paintings. But on those who manage to see them, they produce an indelible impression.
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