Exhibition 20 – 26 November, 2026
Opening hours 11:00- 17:00
An inner journey to outer visibility…
“The sensitivity of nature touches my heart; my heart vibrates with the fragility of the leaves in the wind. To follow a leaf from birth, through Karin Boye’s poem, “It hurts when buds burst”. The colour changes, the leaf becomes more fragile from nature’s shifts to become part of the whole after a while. To move this sensitivity through pressure on the textile material is an inner process, a sensitivity that expresses itself through me.”
共同企画者より：
マリアさんの作品から「かそけし（幽けし）」という古語が思い出され、日本語のタイトルにしましたのは、それほどに繊細な表現が現代語になかったからです。
マリアさんというお人柄、そしてマリアさんの作品には、研ぎ澄まされた繊細な感覚だけでなく、そこにある確かな命の躍動も感じます。
だからこそ、マリアさんの受け止める、自然の中に満ちた、気づくか気づかないほどの、かすかでひそやかな、けれども確かにある命の気配を、この繊細で美しい日本語「かそけき」に込め、「万象のかそけき気配」と表現しました。
Nov. 20 (Fri) Opening event “Embroidery Tango”
17:30 door open, 18:00 -20:00
Maria’s presentation about work + tango dance + socialisation
Participation fee ¥1000 including drink and snack
Profile
Maria Falk is a textile artist as well as a textile teacher at schools. She combines traditional techniques such as dying, printing (both on fabric and paper), sewing and embroidery with her original interpretation of fabrics and colors.
In addition to her textile work, she has a passion in tango dance. For her, embroidery and tango are synonyms in terms of “rhythms”, counting joyful steps and stitches.
Background bio:
Master in Education, Arts and Crafts, Drama Teaching
Textile education at the University of Umeå and Lindköping (Sweden)
Post-graduate studies at Handarbetets vänner in Stockholm (Sweden) the Academy of Cutting and Tailoring in Stockholm(Sweden)/Copenhagen (Denmark)
Further formation of screen printing at Mullsjö Folkhögkola (Sweden) and Expressive Arts Drammens University, NIKUT Oslo (Norway)
Workshop “Binding Your Life: making a Swedish mini-book ”
Nov. 23, 14:00-17:00
Participation fee: ¥5500 (including, materials, tax and tea & sweets)
Maria will guide you to create your own mini-book by using Swedish block print materials and binding with threads. Participants can explore the images and colors reflecting their own life. Create a special handcrafted note of your own !
English
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