Tataki-Zome Silk Bolero Jacket

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Made of a special Kyoto silk normally reserved for Japanese luxury kimono and designed by Japanese textile design firm Nuno, the unique leaf patterned jacket was realised through tataki-zome, a hammer dyeing technique. The dappled pattern was created by hammering fresh Japanese indigo leaves directly onto the silk through a vinyl sheet, and the fabric is fully handmade and dyed with all organic materials in a shimmering display of the natural shapes and colours distilled from the earth.

Dyed by the Japanese indigo dye collective BUAISOU, the fabric was exhibited during CHAT’s Winter Programme 2022, Absolute Blue: BUAISOU Works with Japanese Natural Indigo, as an installation of 23 belts of silk stretching across The Hall of The Mills to recreate the lush fields of indigo at BUAISOU’s farm. At the end of the display, the silks were cleaned and tailored with the zero-waste concept in mind into a range of limited edition jackets, scarves and handkerchiefs.