Japanese Fabric – Muddy Works by Tomotake

October 17, 2012

Today’s fabric post is not about a fabric that I have, but rather, somthing that caught my eye recently and I wish I can get hold of it! The fabric line is called Muddy Works and it’s from the brand Tomotake. Behind Tomotake is a husband and wife team – Masahiro ＆ Hiroko Tomotake. Both of them graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. But both worked in different fields for a couple of years till they came together and started Tomotake in 2005, and started the production of original fabric goods. You can see more of their works at their website – http://tomotake.petit.cc/

Their style is simple and mainly made up of nature inspired geometric prints.

Picture from Cotton Friend Autumn 2012

Herringbone
Cotton Canvas

すぐり(Currant)
Available in Double gauze and Double gauze quilt

doughnuts
Double gauze

タンポポ (Dandelion)
Available in Cotton Linen sheeting & Cotton linen sheeting quilt

daisy lace
Cotton Linen sheeting
(Fabric images from tomotake.petit.cc )

A close up look of the double gauze fabric.

image from http://item.rakuten.co.jp/nakanotetsu/jg5000/

There are many fabric designers who adopt this style, nature inspired geometric patterns, but what I really love is their very peaceful color palette. I hope to track this down on my next fabric shopping trip to Japan. There is a list of shops that stock their fabric, but only useful if you are visiting Japan. Have you seen this online? Let me know!