shadowofacoin

2016 / Kurumaya museum of art, Tochigi    photo: Shinya KIGURE

shadow of a coin

2013-2016
オーガンジー、刺繍糸   organdie, embroidery thread

シャドウ・ワーク
1 生産活動を維持するために必要不可欠だが、金銭の支払いの対象にならない労働のこと。
2 透ける布に刺繍をし、模様を影のように透けて見せる、刺繍の技法。

SHADOW WORK
1 Unpaid labor that supports productive economic activities.
2 A type of embroidery on sheer fabric with most of the embroidery being on the underside of the fabric so that the “shadow” of the thread is visible on the front side of the fabric within a thread outline.