About Amimono
何百本もの細い竹ひごを編んで形をつくり上げていきます。同じ太さの竹ひごで編む方法と、数種類の太さで編む方法があり、様々な編み方を組み合わせて作品はつくられます。
| What is Amimono (plaited bamboo)? |
By knitting hundreds of thin bamboo strips, shapes are created. Depending on the width and thickness of the bamboo strips, the pattern of the knit and the shape of the artwork change. The suppleness and beautiful patterns of bamboo are expressed in the artwork through various knitting techniques.
There are methods of knitting with the same thickness of bamboo strips and with several different thicknesses, and artworks are created by combining various knitting techniques. Knitting bundled bamboo looks powerful.
| Making Process of Amimono (plaited bamboo) |
① Adjust the thickness of the bamboo strips
② Knit from the bottom
③ Knit the body part
④ Wind another bamboo strip around the edge to complete!
＜Source: "What is Traditional Kōgei?" Edited by Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch / Published by Unsodo, P.52>
