Last weekend we went to the Kita-Kamakura Ko Minka Museum (Ko = old; Minka = private house) to see this marvelous exhibit of Amélie Degeorge Hayashi -
A lovely timber framed home, transformed into a quiet, evocative art space:
Here are a few of the pieces from the exhibit - "Kimonos Anciens Retour au Quotidien" - "Old kimonos transformed into the everyday"
Emélie has a background in French couture. She has artfully repurposed old kimonos destined to be thrown out. The very essence of "mottainai" - waste not. The exhibit represented decades of work.
Some very delicate sashiko:
Just a beautiful setting for such beautiful pieces:
The exhibit runs til January 26th.
The little museum is right next to a beautiful sprawling Zen Buddhist temple, Engakuji. It was so wonderful to explore the compound in the fresh autumn air.
It was very quiet. We were happy to avoid the inevitably big crowds one station stop away at Kamakura.
Just a gorgeous day in Kita-Kamakura.
This gal had great "train legs" - standing so steady in the moving train as she worked her sudoku puzzle:
Til next time -
Cynthia
