At the very beginning from the ancient time, cloth received life from the life of nature like grass, trees and insects and with an exchange of human creativity and ideas, it was born. Therefore, putting fabric onto the body meant to put on life and to put on wisdom. The natural fabric dye artist Izukura Akihiko’s origin of creativity is the “Environmental balance.”Apologize to nature on the authority of resources, without any burden, eliminating waste, and via cloth, he is active in the activities of the coexistence of human and nature. In this exhibition, it introduces the works of Izukura Akihiko that were born from his philosophy, the historical knowledge of spinning, dyeing, braiding, knitting, weaving and intertwining that he has acquired through many years of research and furthermore, together with this, his social activities as an entrepreneur.It is not only an exhibition where you look, it is where you can be touched, wound, and wrapped by the color and fabric from nature and for you to feel with your whole body.

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