Producer Visit - Tsuchiya Orimono, Nara

Mieko Tsuchiya lives in an ancient city of Japan, Nara, where she grows cotton trees by herself.

She opened her eyes for a textile 23 years ago. She was working as a florist in Kyoto at that time and had sometimes opportunities to work for a vintage textile gallery. This experience lead her later on to start her career as a textile designer and producer.

During meeting, Mieko mentioned several times that a textile is a language and a communication tool. Textile itself tells story: every time you see them, touching them, and using them, you feel the life which has been given by the producer during the whole work processes.

The fabric made by Mieko is not comparable at all to those made in mass production, both in quality and price. You will see and feel the warm in it.