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Living in the north with the snow in Finland, I find a lot of footprints on the white snow, which is visible past at the present moment. I often look back my course, recollecting what I was thinking.
The work is an imprint of a machine gun. A machine gun itself has its use, but this imprint doesn't have any function but gives you an impression of a gun, that it was there. I wanted to make a shadow of a gun, which let you imagine what happened, where we are going, as your own experience.
The material used is wool, felted by hand. Felted wool is one of the oldest and simplest fabric made by human being, and sustainable material in the future. The animal's hair shaped a gun should tell what our activity means for our future.
This work has a charm both as a product and as a graphic work.
The mark of the gun left behind in the snow vividly reminds people of "The shadow of the war", the title of the work.
The image of the work successfully conveys natural surroundings of Finland where the applicant lives, which attracts the jury. The idea of making the work with natural materials such as wool or felt is also interesting.
The work can be also interpreted as a kind of installation.
The material used is wool, felted by hand. Felted wool is one of the oldest and simplest
fabric made by human being, and sustainable material in the future. The animal's hair
shaped a gun should tell what our activity means for our future.
Date of Birth: June 13, 1973
Gender: Female
Nationality: Japanese / living in Finland
Occupation: Designer
Academic History:
1993-1997 Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan. B.A. Major in Environmental Design
Prize-winning Record:
Fine Work Prize, Yokohama International Scarf Design Competition, 1994.
Kyoto City Mayor Prize, Kyoto City University of Arts, 1997.
Exhibition History:
"BORDER" textile works of felt, in Gallery VALO, Rovaniemi, Finland, 2003