HIROKO KUBOTA
- Hiroko Kubota, a Japanese embroidery artist
- started with a simple request from her son he wanted his shirts adorned with cats.
- Hiroko has a shop on Etsy under the name Go!Go!5
- inspired by designs from the old days which used the applique needlework technique on shirt pockets for children
- did not learn embroidery formally. I started dressmaking after her child was born. In the beginning, she sold handmade accessories through the internet.
- I always use a reference picture for the embroidery. her clients provide her with the cat images they want on their shirts.
- other than cats she has embroidered dogs, rabbit, gold fish, crocodile and a frog .
- Hiroko doesn't consider her embroidery to be art because the shirts are meant to be sold to the people who order them. she says: "You could’ve called it art if that wasn’t the case. Well, I don’t know much about these things, I am just a simple woman who started embroidering cats on shirts for her son."
<------- I once had a kitty, i named it YUI, but i had to get rid of her and looked exactly like this kitten. it makes so sad.
this cat is adorbs!!!!! i think she did a really good job with picking a blue shirt with a gray cat is very settle.
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<---------i like how this one is facing side ways it adds more of a 3D effect one it.
<<---------she also embroidered some gold, it was recommended by one of her clients.
<<--------I like this one is different from the other embroidery, because the shirts looked ripped, 
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This little dog is adorable and i would love to have a dog like this one i think they are so cute, i have to pit-bulls but they are gigantic they are almost the same size as me.
<<-----Hiroko started with only embroidering cats on shirts but when she went viral her clients would send her images for customize shirts.
<---- she got asked to embroider dogs. this is one of her non-cat work
----------->> she also embroidered this dog and the two ones at the top if this blogs.
this blog is so much fun!! i like how you include a ton of the artist's work and a lot of your opinions on each so there's a lot to look at. you choose interesting and unexpected artists to write about and that makes your blog really engaging. also, it's the most adorable blogspot page i've ever seen haha
ReplyDeletehi lola! thank you so much i appreciate that, it really means a lot.
DeleteIt's cool that you chose a self-identified non-"artist" to do your blog about. Perhaps she is right, and her work maybe qualifies more as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch
ReplyDeleteBut in a totally non-pejorative sense
I think the fish and the rabbit are the cutest. But maybe you could have put in a little more effort into writing more clearly and with fewer typos?
Otherwise, great work! I agree with Lola that you chose interesting and unexpected artists and that that contributes to making your blog really engaging. I would add that your use of arrows and bullet points to break up your writing is great, and I like that you are commenting on each piece.
-Benjy
Last two are by far my favorites!
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I think I might have an obsession thanks to this blog! I can't believe how realaistic these threads are! I really want one now. Great blog, I enjoyed the amount of detail and backround, it really helped me grasp the artist as a person, and not just by the art work.
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