The book making made approximately 70 percent of my whole works. On average, it took eight months per book to make. Once a new book project kicked off, I put almost all my energy and time into it. For these years, the working cycle was like when I started making samples for another book just after finishing off one book. I walk by the Kanda River on my way to work, where I sometimes see ducks swimming on or swallows flying over.Īfter four years working constantly on my pom-pom crafts books, I released my latest book Nuigurumi Pom Pom in the spring of 2020. My studio is a 10-minite walk from my house. I work from the early afternoon through 10 o’clock approximately. Then I do household chores in the morning, including cooking all meals for the day. KF: How would you describe your daily life and working style?Īfter waking up, I have a relaxing time with a cup of tea and breakfast. I spent these years wondering what to do. Hence, I designed the first series to show “this is exactly what a pom-pom animal creator would make”. No doubt my pom-pom animal crafts brought me a chance to produce textile with Kokka. It has been two years since I started my textile brand. Kuroda to make it again to meet customer demand. After running out of stock, we still got numerous inquiries for the fabric. The most popular print in the first series,, is filled with Bichon Frises that cover the fabric entirely.įukuda: received amazing feedback from customers, especially in our online shopping site. In, I depicted animals appearing here and there in the forest. I made that resembles cheese all over the fabric, where mice scampering across. We even thought to transfer a picture of her pom-pom to fabric. Thanks to Kokka staff, who approached me at a hobby show in the spring of 2018, I could release the first series in 2019.įukuda from Kokka (Fukuda): Something soft or fluffy like a pom-pom… that was our original concept for her textile. It was in the spring of 2019 when your first textile series was released. KF: Now, let’s talk about your textile brand “kotorinuno”. It is very thrilling to make a pom-pom animal. The look become different depending on how long you trim away, even by the slightest margin. On the other hand, there are limits to what you can do for making a pom-pom animal: snipping and trimming. In many handicrafts, you create a realistic animal face by repeating touch-up until it looks just like the real stuff. Then, the excess yarn is trimmed off to shape it like sculpting a statue.Ī pom-pom animal is basically created by trimming excess off, therefore it is a unique handicraft. It is so exciting to see what shows up by snipping off the fully-wrapped yarn with scissors to create a pom-pom. You can see the actual appearance only after pom-pom making process is completed. A finished pom-pom may become exactly what you expect, or not. In fact, you should see and adjust how it is while wrapping the yarn. It is not necessary to stick to your blueprint on how many times you wrap the yard around the tool. When you make a multi-colored pom-pom with several yarns, the look varies depending on where and how much you wrap each yarn around the arm of your pom-pom making tool. You are thrilled to know how to make a single colored pom-pom if you have never made it before. Pom-pom craft is easy for beginners to make, and you have many fun while creating. What’s the difference between the pom-pom and other handicrafts? KF: That’s the bestselling book of 2016, Dobutsu Pom Pom, also known as Animal Pom Pom (English Edition). It was the moment when the pom-pom animals became my professional and personal craftwork. I was deeply impressed by their cuteness. Going through trials and errors to learn how to make patterns, I crafted a chipmunk and a sparrow. I enjoyed the indescribable texture as well as different patterns varied according to color combinations of yarns. I made very simple animals such as sheep and rabbits as my first project. I picked the pom-pom making project for the lesson because it was approachable and fun for beginners and children. It was a trial knitting lesson at the store when I started creating pom-pom works. After that, I worked as a salesperson at a craft shop in Sendai for five and half years, where I was responsible for teaching workshops and making shop samples. I got a job in Tokyo after graduating from university, but it didn’t last long. (KF): We hear you worked at a craft shop after studying painting at the Fine Arts Department, Tokyo University of the Arts.
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