In Search Of Forgotten Colours (18 mins AEON film)
Sublime colours brought back from oblivion – the exquisite effects of
natural dyes
This striking and almost entirely wordless video from the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London beautifully conveys the work of Sachio Yoshioka, the
fifth-generation owner of the Somenotsukasa Yoshioka dye workshop in Fushimi,
southern Kyoto. Since taking over the business in 1988, Yoshioka has pivoted
from synthetic dyes to traditional Japanese methods that draw extraordinary,
rich colours from bark, berries, flowers, leaves and roots. Yoshioka says he’s
resurrected these pre-19th-century methods from historical documents and
textile samples not to preserve history, but because of the unmatched beauty of
the colours they create. Split into four parts, In Search of Forgotten
Colours: Sachio Yoshioka and the Art of Natural Dyeing details
Yoshioka’s work and methods, including his important role creating dyed paper
flowers for the annual Japanese Buddhist Omizutori ceremony in the historic
city of Nara.
Via Kottke
Director: Mika Kawase
Producers: Kazunori Terada, Kenji Hyodo
Website: Victoria
and Albert Museum
3 July 2018
No comments:
Post a Comment