{"id":114,"date":"2023-03-10T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living.halekulani.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T19:13:55","slug":"japanese-denim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living.halekulani.com\/ja\/japanese-denim\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e16\u754c\u306b\u4e00\u3064\u3060\u3051\u306e\u5e03"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pitacus Chop Art is a treasure trove for fabric fanatics on an ordinary week\u2014a sea of eccentric scraps of kantha, denim, and silk made into wearable works of art. But this is no ordinary week. This week, owner Lisa Wiemken is doing her once-a-year production of purses and bags, and the studio is even more inundated than usual. It\u2019s a massive undertaking that leaves her mentally exhausted and the studio buried under all manner of textiles from Africa, India, Japan, and beyond, the majority of them upcycled vintage. Wiemken\u2019s bags are highly sought after, completely unique, and mostly cut freehand to preserve the unique designs of every shred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t wanna waste the original piece of fabric. If you use patterns, you cut away so much,\u201d she says. \u201cSo every bag will be different in size and shape. Sometimes they\u2019re similar shapes\u2014but there\u2019s no pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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