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Kikko (tortoiseshell) and other Japanese sashiko embroidery patterns use motifs drawn from nature and daily activities, classic sources of inspiration in folk-art traditions. A category that resists firm delineation, folk art is generally defined by an intimate connection to quotidian life. "The beauty of such objects," writes Sõetsu Yanagi in The Unknown Craftsman, "is not so much of the noble, the huge, or the lofty as a beauty of the warm and familiar."
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Through their beautiful handmade aesthetic, painting and textiles from Japan's twentieth-century mingei (folk art) movement represent an unambiguous rejection of mass-produced consumer goods. At the same time, mingei, properly considered, stands apart from fine art, as its rootedness in commonplace craft traditions gives it an authenticity and accessibility that fine art, with its prizing of sophistication and innovation, cannot match.
Kikko (tortoiseshell) and other Japanese sashiko embroidery patterns use motifs drawn from nature and daily activities, classic sources of inspiration in folk-art traditions. A category that resists firm delineation, folk art is generally defined by an intimate connection to quotidian life. "The beauty of such objects," writes Sõetsu Yanagi in The Unknown Craftsman, "is not so much of the noble, the huge, or the lofty as a beauty of the warm and familiar."
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Through their beautiful handmade aesthetic, painting and textiles from Japan's twentieth-century mingei (folk art) movement represent an unambiguous rejection of mass-produced consumer goods. At the same time, mingei, properly considered, stands apart from fine art, as its rootedness in commonplace craft traditions gives it an authenticity and accessibility that fine art, with its prizing of sophistication and innovation, cannot match.