Bold Pop Art

Bold Pop Art

I fell in love with this komon as soon as I saw a close-up of the pattern — stylised roses made up of tiny dots. It’s got a Charles Rennie Mackintosh art & crafts meets Roy Lichtenstein pop art feel to it and I couldn’t say no. I already have several other plans in mind for her, including something for Halloween, but I knew for her debut I absolutely had to honour the pop art vibes. This piece also happens to be absolutely enormous, which gives me a lot of potential for dressing people up in the future! Who knows, I might even fit into it myself thanks to a neat new thing I’ve purchased recently. But more on that later…

Breaking up one black and white pattern with another, we have my beloved hakata tsuke obi. This is one of those pieces that always cooperates., and I’m of the mind that hakata goes with everything. Such a bold and graphic combination needed an equally vibrant accent and what better than hot pink shibori? I do kind of wish I had an obijime that was solid pink too, but part of me likes the little hint of sparkle the silver brings.

I would like to try something more calm and muted with this soon and lean entirely in the opposite direction, but for now I’m very happy with how fun and punchy this coordination is! It also ended up looking a fair bit like the visual symptoms I get when I suffer from a migraine with aura. Entirely accidental, but hilarious.