BRAND
Kamhitoe
紙布から織りなされる日本のぬくもり
天然の楮（コウゾ）や三椏（ミツマタ）、雁皮（ガンピ）などの植物の繊維から作られた日本の和紙。和紙には様々な性質があります。吸湿性があるために壁紙になったり、音と吸収するために襖や光を透過するのでランプシェードや障子になったり、書道紙になったり。和紙を撚糸にしてコットン糸やシルクの縦糸と合わせて織物にしたのが紙布です。日本では、300年以上前から伝統的に紙布をつかって様々な製品を作ってきました。厳選された材料や製法をつかって撚糸にすることで一枚の和紙にはない耐久性が生まれ、布になったことで、服や通常のテキスタイルとして使用が可能になりました。KAMIHITOEはこの紙布をつかい、様々なアイテムを生み出していく日本メイドのブランドです。紙にちなんだ伝統的な折り紙でつくったようなデザインでテーブルウェアからビジネスバッグまで展開しています。
PAPER FABRIC ORIGINATED FROM JAPAN
“Washi,” or traditional Japanese paper, is made from the natural fibers of plants such as paper mulberry (“kozo”), oriental paper bush (“mitsumata”), and a Japanese shrub known as “gampi.” Washi has a variety of properties. It can be used as wallpaper because of its hygroscopic nature, or made into Japanese sliding screens that absorb sound, lampshades and sliding doors that are permeable to light, calligraphy paper, and so on. Washi can be twisted and intertwined with cotton or silk yarn to form a textile known as paper fabric. Traditional paper fabric has been made in Japan for more than 300 years, which is in turn used to make various products. By using carefully selected raw materials and the proper techniques to create this twisted yarn, paper fabric acquires a durability that cannot be found in a single piece of washi and becomes a fabric material that can be used for the production of apparel and ordinary textiles. KAMIHITOE products are made from this paper fabric. In Japan, the word “Kamihitoe” is used in situations where the possibility to win or to lose is about the thinness of a piece of paper. KAMIHITOE products aim to turn the luck on your side, supporting your everyday life actions with a hint of optimism. Our lineup includes products ranging from tableware to business bags that feature designs inspired by papercraft such as traditional origami.
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