Possibilities of Children by the Arts -Clothes for loved ones-
With the theme of “Let’s make clothes for your loved ones!”, the art works will be exhibited by 8 children in grades 2 through 5, who attend an after-school day care service “Pantone Future School” and Seiran Tsuno who is an artist experienced as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital. It was created with respecting their feelings “I want to try it!” and exploring together to make clothes for their loved ones such as their mothers, idols and pets. For this exhibition, it is recreated the production space and planned to show it with imagining their loved one are gathering with their clothes.
Seiran Tsuno
Born in 1990. After graduated from a nursing collage, she worked at a psychiatric hospital for 5 years. While she working at the hospital, she studies at the fashion school “coconogacco”. In 2018, At a biggest fashion competition “International Talent Support” in Europe, she was selected as the only Japanese finalist and her clothe with made by 3D pens was gathered attention. Since October in 2019, she has been worked at “Uraga Beteru-no-ie” in Hokkaido
where is the origin of personnel research. She was admitted the master’s degree of Tokyo Institute of Technology University from October in 2019. Studying in Professor Aya Ito’s Laboratory, also she is currently studying how to deal with “Fat “body through a joint production.
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Pantone Future School
Pantone Future School is an after-school day service for children who are developmental disorders and have anxiety from elementary school to high school. It is provided environments that students can step up to be more independent and work in the future by developing and growing their abilities to do what they can.http://pantone-fs.com/
Together with 8 children from Panton Future School, we held 3 days’ workshop on the theme of “Let’s make clothes for your loved ones!”. The loved ones they told me was their mother, idols and pets. The materials for the clothes were processed denim from YutoRi18. Without any rules, they thought about loved ones and created the clothes with their variety of ideas. It turned to be far beyond anything we could be imagined.
I was impressed with kind and warm communications by the staffs and those involved of this project with having fun together and many trials and error. In such an atmosphere everyone cares about the others, 8 wonderful clothes have made. In this relationship not just giving support or getting support, looking for something no answers together with same point of views, I felt an interest in it cannot explain with the words just like “Welfare” or “Art”. For this exhibition, it is recreated the production space and we are planning to show it with imagining their loved one are gathering with their clothes.
I really appreciate and proud of such an opportunity in Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter where has been carefully protected by many people. I would like to express my gratitude for all who involved of this project.
Exhibition venue: Kurashiki Monogatari Kan
Address: 2-23-18 Achi, Kurashiki City