Description
The Furoshiki Link Maze Cinnabar is soft and beautiful towel designed by Lucinda Newton Dunn and handmade in Japan, using Japanese traditional printing techniques. Printed in Japanese traditional colour “cinnabar” red and navy on a snowy white background, the design can be used all year round.
Characteristics
- Size: 90 × 90 cm
- Material : 100% cotton satin (lighter weight, smooth cotton)
About the brand
LINK is a producer of contemporary Furoshiki textiles through a network of artists and designers from around the world. It is a unique and challenging project conducted long-distance, entirely via the internet, by busy women with a world-wide vision. Collaborating with a select global network of artists and designers, it aims to cross cultures and generations by creating beautiful and functional products, from Japan to the world and from the world to Japan.
About the Artist
Hannah Waldron is a multi-discliplinary artist & designer based in the UK. Her graphic and narrative-led image-making has been applied across a range of media from print to textiles, at both a personal and architectural scale. She has found weaving to be a natural process to complement her grid-based image-making and recently completed an MFA in Textiles at Konstfack, Sweden. In 2014 she was awarded the HAY talent award.
About the design
This design is about the journey out of a city, specifically London. It is an observation of the city's varying pace, spacing and architecture, and the need one feels to escape beyond the city's boundaries to nature every once in a while.
After creating the design, I discovered that the spiral motif in traditional japanese art signifies luck, which feels serendipitous. I like the idea of carrying things around wrapped in ideas of
adventure and hope for the future. — Hannah Waldron
How to use Furoshiki
Furoshiki (風呂敷, fu-rosh-ki) is a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth. It can be used in multiple ways, for bundling or gift-wrapping all sorts of things. We think this particular lighter-weight furoshiki works well for more delicate wrapping and perfectly as a scarf, and it softens up the more you wear and wash it. One simple and beautiful piece of cloth and the list is endless. Tie it and see!
For more information on how to bind and knot your Furoshiki Link Maze Cinnabar Red, check out our instructional videos and pictures. Stay confident with Furoshiki, it's as easy as tying your shoes!
About the Printing Process
Each of the Link Collective products has been hand printed in Japan, using traditional printing techniques. They have been working with a great printing company called Chiffonez in Tokyo, who specializes in the printing of Furoshiki. To make sure customers get the best results possible, they keep a close dialogue with the printers, retaining a good balance between the ideas and invaluable knowledge.
