Artists
Sachi is a shifu weaver, paper thread maker, and natural dyer. She loves working with the tactile nature of fibre. Her particular area of interest is in the quiet and precise beauty of making kami-ito (paper thread) and fine shifu (paper cloth). During her undergrad at the Alberta University of the Arts, Sachi started weaving with printed paper as a way to imbed text, literally, into cloth. After having woven a portrait of her Obaachan, Sachi fell in love with weaving paper and it never stopped being a source of material pleasure and intrigue. It wasn’t until years later that she discovered the time honoured Japanese practice of creating paper thread and weaving it into cloth. This connected her to a part of her heritage in an unexpected way, and sparked a desire for deeper understanding. Since then, Sachi has been steadily practicing this method of creating with the help of many generous hands and minds. She deeply enjoys the slow process which has somehow always felt innate to her hands and material sensitivity.
Honesty. Presence. Devotion. It’s what I ask of myself when I work. Beyond the physical task of creating, my practice is about showing up with humility, and finding paths back to my centre over and over again. It is about recording this process. I work with thread and cloth, which have both been longtime companions for me. As a tactile person, there is a deep satisfaction in the basic handling of fibres. Using this touch activated sense is essential to my creative process, as are intuition and introspection. Much of my work is a reflection of an internal journey, and this informs the sentiment behind each piece.