Mending with Sashiko - Takao Momiyama and Kerstin Neumuller

The Japanese Art of Visible Repair

The Japanese sewing technique sashiko involves simple stitches that have traditionally been used to mend clothes and textiles in more or less advanced patterns. In Mending with Sashiko you will learn to mend shirts, jeans, and socks with inspiration from different sashiko techniques such as hitomezashi and moyozashi. You will aslo learn how to sew a bodoko -- a type of Japanese patchwork quilt to hand on the wall or use as a blanket.

Takao "Momi" Momiyama is a master in the martial art of iaido and began is mending journey when he needed to mend his training socks (tabi) in the 1980s. We dive into Momi's archive and take a closer look at garments that he has mended continuously over the past 40 years. The garments tell the story of a continuous cycle of wear and repair to show that mending can either be simple and fuctional or become a beautiful adornment.