Ritsuko Hirai

Little space, Windows - Jacquard knit using hand-loom knitting machine, wool and silk

Shade of Wood - Woodblock print on light weight wool March 2008

Transitional Shadows, Tunic - Hand printed with woodblock with pigment on silk, then over dyed with acid dye Designed and hand sewn by Ritsuko Hirai

Gulan Yu Island - Silk screen print on cotton

Shakkei at Tenryuji, Tunic - Handwoven plain weave with striping of extrafine natural linen and viscose sizing ramie as wefts Designed and sewn by Ritsuko Hirai

Homage to Everyday Life, Dress - Handwoven waffle weave and plain weave with merino wool and extrafine silk Designed and sewn by Ritsuko Hirai

Woodblock printing on silk

Blurred through the rain - Jacquard knit using Industrial Knitting machine, wool and silk

Murasaki, Daikokuji - Handwoven silk and cotton

TOKYO, RUST - Created for the exhibition "Tainted Urbanism", Tokyo, Japan, 2011 Concept Description of artwork: Inspired by the metals rusting and decomposing in the city. There's something comforting about lifeless fences and billboards starting to rust. Fear of unchanging replaced by the rusting metal signifying life. The balance of people and nature gives identity to the urban spaces. Metal gains an identity when it is able to transform. I see beauty in the urban rust. - Medium: metal wire, linen