「靴」 と 「縫う」

綴る 紡ぐ 結う

靴作りにおいて「縫う」という行為は
たくさんあります
革を針で刺し綴り、
一つ一つの小片を紡ぎ合わせる事

刺繍のように一針一針の点を繋ぎ装飾を施す事
そして縫い合わされた革を、
靴の礎となる強くしなやかな
底革と結い合わせる事

そのどれもに「糸」を使います

一本の糸は細く弱いけれど、
それぞれの糸を絡め

縫い綴る事で、
つながりができ、強さを生み出す

それは靴作りに関わらず、
人と人とのつながりを紡ぎ
繋げていく事も同じではないでしょうか

その出会いを紹ぐきっかけとして
靴が添えられていれば

“Shoes” and “Sewing”

To stitch, to spin, to bind.

In shoemaking, the act of sewing appears in many forms.
Piercing leather with a needle, joining each small piece together.

Like embroidery?stitch by stitch?tracing points that become decoration.
Then, binding the sewn leather to the sole,
the foundation that gives the shoe its strength and suppleness.

All of these begin with a single thread.

A single thread is delicate and fragile,
but when intertwined and sewn together,
connections form?and strength is born.

Perhaps this is not only true for shoemaking,
but also for the way people are bound together?
spinning and connecting one encounter to the next.

If shoes could accompany such encounters,
serving as a quiet bridge between them?

that would be our hope.