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Patricia Belyea from Okan Arts visited Amy Katoh, a Boro collector in Japan. Patricia writes,
"With great enthusiasm, Amy handed me an accordion-folded book she’d produced called Boro. Seeing the blank look on my face, Amy asked “Do you know about Boro?”
Boro means “rags” in Japanese. Ahead of the pack, Amy recognized the allure of patched, worn-out clothes found in neglected piles at local flea markets and began her Boro collection.
Amy writes “Up until a few years ago, Boro were thrown away or burned as shameful signs of poverty. No one wanted to seem so poor as to have such objects in their house. More than dirty, they were embarrassing.”
Click here to read more about Patricia's visit with Amy Katoh.
The video below highlights an exhibit from 2013 which shows just how evolved these "rags" have become.
Boro - The Fabrics of Life from Gabriele Bortot on Vimeo.
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