Personal story behind washi jeans from @sakata.ken
The creator shares a personal story about moving into his late grandmother's apartment and deciding to repair a traditional washi paper door he broke as a child. This act of repair leads him into a deep-dive explanation of washi paper's history, production, and unique scientific properties. He then pivots, connecting these properties to his work as a clothing designer, explaining how he developed a new denim fabric by blending cotton with washi yarn to create jeans with a unique architectural structure, ultimately framing the entire project as an 'autobiographical design' that connects his past with his present.
Creator: @sakata.ken on Instagram
Transcript
Moved to Tokyo and I'm living in my grandmother's old apartment. When I was a child I broke this wooden paper door and shortly after I broke the door she had to move into assisted living. She passed away more than twenty years ago. At that point we were living in Australia. Now I'm here in Tokyo and I'm the first to live here since she passed and this door is still broken. It's waited thirty years for me to repair it. Japanese doors are really interesting. They're made from Japanese paper called
Topics: Clothing Design, Textiles, Craftsmanship, Design
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