Kami-dō, experiences around research, learning and practice in the art, trough papermaking
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https://doi.org/10.17561/rtc.n10.3Keywords:
Papermaking, Artistic Practice, Geidō, Zen Buddhism, art and nature, active meditationAbstract
During the early 90’s we came into contact with the art of handmade paper as a way to experiment a new media. Gradually by redirecting our motivation towards papermaking from plants, we went closer and closer to nature. This meant the study and observation of their life cycles, classification and constitution; natural resources were also playing an important role in this (water, sun, fire, etc.), as we went deeper into the ancient world of papermaking where cycles and qualities of the natural environment were used, as well as understand its role fulfilled in cultures mainly from Far East and Japan in particular, to realize a method of work more meditative and deeply connected with nature. All this was transforming the perception in our artistic work, transferring the creative process before capturing an image on a support, considering the work of transformation of matter, as the first steps towards the creation of the work, which together with the development or rather eliminating unnecessary element of the image, are giving life to an expressive language that is deeply tied to a way of living art and in the art. A way or dō (dao or Tao), which derive from the concept of the way of Art from Zen Buddhism, Geidō; we twin with the word referred to the paper, Kami, to describe our way of research, teaching and creation through the art of papermaking, as Kami-dō.
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