Nobuko Tsuruta
Weaving is my meditation. When I sit in front of the loom, I see different parts of myself manifest themselves in my work. Weaving became an introspective activity for me, and a curiosity about how I subconsciously represented myself in my pieces fueled my work. Initially I wove purely out of love for the art, but as my experience grew I saw that my own vanity, ego, competitiveness, and pessimism revealed themselves in my pieces. The forgotten negative feelings of my past had returned into my life. The only way I could escape these feelings was to continue weaving.
The materials I worked with would speak to me and my role was to translate them into the weave. My products are purely a result of the materials as well as myself, and thus by accepting my works, I accepted myself.
Email: hello@nobukoart.com
Website: nobukoart.com
Wearable art linen, cotton, wool, synthetic fiber, 20x150
Cotton, wool, linen, synthetic fiber, silk, 18x98, 15x70, 2018
Cotton, wool, linen silk, synthetic fiber, 20x78, 20x78, 2014
Cotton, 20x80, 2015
Synthetic fiber, wool, silk, 20x235, 2016
Cotton wool, linen synthetic fiber, 60x80, 2015