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- Story - The story behind the creation
I have always found fruit to be very attractive and have always loved it. That is why, in creating things using wood,
I had a strong desire to make something with fruit .
But... I just kept thinking, "I don't have any good ideas," and I couldn't do anything. Then, one day, I was a former art school student studying painting, and I suddenly remembered Cezanne and looked at his paintings. Then, I noticed that he used fruit as a motif in his still life paintings. That's when an idea was born.
"What if we had some wooden fruit on the wall like a painting?"
It is an ornament that is half flat like a painting, yet half three-dimensional, allowing you to feel the texture of the wood.
You can enjoy wall decoration by displaying these "fruits from trees" on your walls.
"This looks like fun!" That was the trigger for this series.
So, what should we name the series? I was worried, so I consulted my wife about it, and she started to look up the origin of the word "fruit" in a silent manner...
Fruit means "things from trees," and originally referred to nuts. In other words,
Fruits are produced by trees.
Yeah, if you think about it, it makes sense...
No, wait…
I see!
The act of producing fruit using trees, as I do, and the act of trees in nature bearing fruit are connected by the same word, "things from trees"!
In other words,
・For fruits made from wood, we say "things made from wood" → "things made of wood."
・Fruits that grow from trees (natural fruits) are "things that grow from trees" → "things from trees"
This was an interesting discovery! So the name was pretty much decided. I started making a series of wooden fruit wall decorations called "kinomono".
- Wood Color -About wood color
I pay special attention to the color of wood, and the "color of wood" is an important element of the kinomono series. So I have no choice but to talk about the color of wood.
The color of the wood will gradually change over time as it is displayed.
"The color of wood changes and fades."
When I was a student,
I was once surprised by a story told by a dyeing and weaving artist named Shimura Fukumi .
I've forgotten the details, but the essence remains with me.
it is,
"Stable colors are chemical dyes"
"The ever-changing colors are natural dyes"
That is it.
There is no question here of which is better.
There is just a difference.
However, as an art school student I had been using oil paints and was fascinated by their strength.
The strength of oil paints lies in the strength of the medium, which allows its colors to remain vibrant even after hundreds of years. In other words, it is the appeal of something that is stable and unchanging.
It was because I was attracted to this that Shimura Fukumi's perspective on things that are constantly changing was so refreshing to me.
The bright colors of the wood at first are certainly beautiful, but I also find the changes in color fascinating.
This is a series that encourages you to enjoy the colors of wood over time.
If you are interested in my thoughts on the aging of wood that I wrote a while ago , please see here:
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