Bali is full of treasures that excite Hatsumi's
imagination: Nature's products
such as banana tree skins, fish
scales, tapioca powder, and golden cocoons
found in the mountains
on Java island; man-made materials such as recycled
sponge
and plastic wrap that used to be inside chairs, vinyl sheets
found on
the beach, and shopping bags from the morning market...
By fusing all these different materials and textures, we created
new products
that no one has ever seen before.
When you slowly rotate yourself in the nature of
Bali, wonderful colors like
blue, green, white, yellow, brown,
orange, purple, and pink jump into your
eyes. But once you start
spinning quickly, the colors blend and the only color
you see
is "blue." Hatsumi believes that it’s because the colors of
the sky,
ocean, and air overwhelm all the other colors. To highlight
(or, appreciate
and express) the "blue" that reflects the pure
beauty of the sky, ocean and air
in Bali, Hatsumi insists on dying
materials with Ai.
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JELLY
FISH
Studio Suna Basic Textile:
Created by reinforcing mosquito-nets with machine-stitching while maintaining
the delicate texture of the original thin cotton.
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SUTRA
KEPOMPONG : ("Silk & Cocoon")
Created by inlaying golden silk cocoons, shredded raffia, banana fiber, plastic
wrap, and the gold and silver threads of Nishijin Textile into our JELLY FISH
textile.
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TIKAR
: ("Mat")
Made by loosely weaving loosely ribbons that are torn by hands from various
pieces of cloth.
Other pieces of cloth are then artistically stitched over
the ribbons to create unique textures and designs.
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MOSAIC
After running machine-stitches over two layers of different cloths that sandwich
various materials
found in Bali, we cut the first layer with scissors and
pull out the trapped materials inside.
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KEBAYA
: ("Indonesian
Traditional clothing")
100% machine stitching creates this unique lace-like textile
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KOTAK-KOTAK
: ("Square")
Created by stitching various materials placed crisscross on a cloth.
As you continue wearing, you will enjoy the intriguing features of the raw materials
stitched on this cloth as they become more apparent with time (e.g., raffia becomes
feather-like with wear).
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SEGITIGA : ("Triangle")
Studio Suna Basic Textile:
Created by stitching together triangles from felt, Japanese paper, silk, hemp,
and cotton, to make a net-like textile
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DALMATIAN
Created by the same technique as SEGITIGA from recycled sponge with spots that
remind of Dalmatians. By using sponge that does not absorb ai well, the material
displays surprising color effects that cannot be planned ahead.
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PASAR
PAGI : ("Morning Market")
The plastic bag used at the morning market is surprisingly
thin. Taking advantage of this, we ripped the bags
by hand to make them look like ostrich feathers and
finished with the same technique used for SEGITIGA.
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BUTTON
Although there have been many inquiries for ordering our uniquely designed
buttons from major apparel companies, we are declining their orders to
keep our buttons as Suna Originals.
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