Kimono Mini I

Year: 2024

Framed: Framed

Orientation: Horizontal

Size: Medium

Medium/Techniques:

• Photography

Art genres:

• Conceptual
• Contemporary
• Sculpture

Materials:

• Clay
• Paper
• Wood

Styles:

• Modern
• Sculpture

Kimono made of Lokta paper, a 30 g handmade natural paper from Nepal. Each kimono has its own design and print and all prints are the artist's own photographies printed on Lokta with an Epson Inkjet Photo Printer. The kimono is sewn on a sewing machine and mounted on a bamboo stand with a base of clay. Everything is designed and created by the artist. This kimono has a print from where I live, from a pier by our lake on a misty morning. The idea for the paper kimonos came after my discovery of Lokta paper very much resemble fabric when applied with ink and wrinkled, at the same time as I was researching kimono patterns to sew a fabric kimono. I'm intrigued with how something so thin and fragile can be transformed into something quite durable. My vision for the kimonos is to take them from a piece of art into someone wearing a custom made kimono on for example an evening event. I can already see he/she is walking softly and elegant through the room with a drink in his/her hand, wearing something so delicate and unique.