Yoriko Yamamoto, Temari Workshop 《手鞠工作坊》
Yoriko Yamamoto’s Temari Workshop is a collaborative hanging installation that invites audiences to reflect on temari making as a means of connection and joy. Temari were originally indoor toys for girls in Japan to roll on tatami mats. They were made with various materials found around the household, such as old kimonos, cotton balls, rice husks, and sea sponges, depending on the region. These materials were wrapped with thread to form spheres. Over time, temari developed into a folk art, featuring stitches that ranged from simple to elaborate designs. These stitching designs often contained wishes for healthy growth, abundance, and good craft skills for survival. Each region has its own distinctive temari.
The works included in Temari Workshop are made in collaboration between the artist, friends and her students from the San Francisco Waldorf High School where she serves as the Handwork teacher. They are made primarily with regional materials and are 100% compostable. The core is filled with organic rice husks from Sacramento, and the colors are derived from the flora and fauna of the Bay Area and beyond.
In terms of the work’s relationship to the element of fire, Yoriko has said, “Working with plant dye is like working with the sun. Plants that you harvest at the end of summer, will offer a golden, summer palette. Temari is all about joy…which is a kind of warmth as well.”
About Yoriko Yamamoto
Yoriko Yamamoto was born and raised in Tokyo and grew up making crafts with her mother in their family tea shop. She moved to San Francisco to study Art Education in grad school. She continues to work with students of all ages, helping them to utilize art in all aspects of their lives. Yoriko is passionate about sharing with others what she knows about contemporary and practical arts, such as sewing and weaving.
She is a full-time Waldorf Handwork teacher and has practiced the art of plant-based dying for more than a decade. Yoriko loves teaching Temari, a process she sees as a form of prayer, meditation, and well-wishing.
山本順子 (Yoriko Yamamoto) 的手鞠工作坊教導大家創作一個可以掛起來的球形藝術作品，邀請觀眾以製作手鞠，作為連結和快樂的反饋。手鞠最初是日本女孩在榻榻米上滾來滾去的室內玩具。它們是用家中發現的各種材料製成，例如舊和服、棉球、稻殼和海綿，所搜集的物料取決於住的地區。
將材料用線包裹起來形成球體。隨著時代的推進，手鞠發展成為一種民間藝術，賣點是從簡單到精緻的縫線設計。這些縫合設計通常包含對健康成長、富足和有賴以維生的一技之長等願望。每個地區都有獨特的手鞠。
手鞠工作坊中的手鞠是由藝術家、朋友和她在三藩市Waldorf高中的學生合作製作。山本在Waldorf高中擔任手工藝老師。手鞠主要由本地原料製成，百分之百可再用。核心填滿了來自Sacramento的有機稻殼，顏色是提煉於來自灣區及其他地區的動植物。
談到作品與元素“火”的關係，山本表示：使用植物染料就像與太陽工作一樣。你在夏末收成的植物將呈現出金色。屬於夏季的調色板。手鞠就是快樂……這也是一種溫暖。
山本順子 (Yoriko Yamamoto) 在東京出生長大，她自小與母親在家族茶館裡製作工藝品。後來她搬到三藩市就讀研究生，學習藝術教育。她繼續與各個年齡層的學生合作，幫助他們在日常生活各個範疇中使用藝術。 山本熱衷於與他人分享她對於當代藝術的認知和實用藝術，例如縫紉和編織。
她是一名全職Waldorf手工藝老師，學習植物染色藝術超過十年。 山本喜歡教授手鞠，她將這個視為祈禱、冥想和祝福的一種形式。