Thanks to the development of information technology and the free communication of people from all over the world, there has been a global integration of cultures of different countries. So, the inhabitants of the American continent know what a Russian nesting doll is, and the girls from Moscow suburbs manage to craft traditional Japanese jewelry using the kanzashi technique.
Needleworkers draw new ideas for creativity on the Web and in specialized literature, but sometimes you want something new, special and unusual.
Complicated decoration
In this publication, the reader will be able to get acquainted with the unusual works of masters who create their products from fabric flaps. This is an art called kanzashi. It comes from Japan, a country with special traditions and mores. Like everything in this state, Kansashi has a long history. Initially, it was believed that this hair clip, which served as a decoration for the geishas and their students, was the hallmark of wealthy ladies.
Moreover, to do such a kanzashi with their own hands was given not to all the women of the Land of the Rising Sun. To create it, expensive materials (silk, stones, precious metals) were required, and such work was often trusted by masters who were revered as great artisans.
Flower in hair
The Japanese love elegant jewelry, and weaving flower buds into their hair was a great solution, but the living corollas quickly sank and lost their attractiveness, then the first flowers were created from fabric. So the art of kanzashi was born. New ideas in this type of needlework were born due to the spread of Japanese culture around the world.
Modest and restrained traditional products replaced the exquisite multilayer, flowing hairpins. The variety of colors and shapes in such jewelry is amazing and surprising. The creation of such flowers has truly unlimited possibilities, because the centuries-old history of improving technology has given rise to many options for how to make petals and leaves, collect them in buds, and then whole compositions. In order to come up with a beautiful decoration, you need original ideas. Kanzashi (photos of traditional Japanese hairpins are presented in the article) is a painstaking work requiring perseverance and a flight of imagination.
Going beyond
Modern masters create not only hair ornaments from fabric, their work spread much wider, which brought the kanzashi technique itself to a higher level.
New ideas were revived by completely non-trivial decisions, and clothes began to decorate with neat colors from fabric, they create interior items:
- brooches, necklaces, bracelets, hair bands, earrings;
- key rings, miniature pendants for mobile phones;
- paintings and panels;
- voluminous figures, figurines and topiary.
Most often, the basis of any crafts is precisely the flower arrangement, but this is not necessary at all, which is proved by needleworkers from the Kanzash world. New ideas, workshops on the production of practical gizmos, which will be a wonderful everyday decoration or gift, inspire you to create exclusive works.
Variety of matter
Initially, kanzashis were made of silk fabric, now the assortment of materials is so large that it is a sin to dwell on any one. In addition, mankind has invented a lot of artificial fabrics. Working with them is simpler and more interesting: the edges of the parts are easily processed, their color range has expanded significantly. Textured fabrics, materials with partial or continuous spraying are ideal for creating complex compositions, help to realize the most daring fantasies.
The most popular material for modern needlewomen is satin ribbons of different widths. It is from their cuts that magnificent flowers are created using the kanzashi technique. New ideas for creativity are also inspired not by plain satin ribbons, but by samples from printed fabric with a geometric pattern, polka dots, gradation of color. Another material, the use of which is gaining momentum, is genuine leather. This demand is due to the simplicity of processing the fabric, as well as the stunning end result of the jewelry.
Inspire for something new can not only new fabrics, but also the little things that complement them, because kanzashis are usually decorated with a variety of stones and beads. An equally important field for the development of needlewoman skills is the creation of auxiliary elements - stems, cores and various suspensions.
Progress and Innovation
Finally, the reader should pay attention to unusual panels in the kanzashi technique. With your own hands, even a beginner in needlework can make them. The idea to create such products came from the homeland of this art. The Japanese did not stop at making hair ornaments and expanded their creative delights to home decor.
Such wonderful and cute paintings look pretty simple and concise, but this is perhaps their main attraction. The main characters in this collection are not plant motifs, but animals, birds and fish.