I use a dyeing technique called wax dyeing to create motifs mainly of familiar nature.
By repeating the process of dyeing and laying down the wax, starting with the lightest color, multiple layers are eventually created within a single piece of cloth, and these appear as a single image.
The dye particles moving in the water and the layers created by a process that cannot be redone sometimes reveal a world that even I have not been able to see.
I feel that this technique has the potential to depict “true nature” without a one-dimensional view of the world.
I am inspired by various elements, such as patterns that reflect the influence of various phenomena, as I pursue the expansion of the world unique to dyeing.ーAyaka UMEDA