Boro Textiles Exhibition | Slow Stitching Inspiration from Time-Worn Textiles | Japanese mending

Step inside a beautiful collection of Boro textiles - time-worn Japanese cloth layered with patchwork, visible mending, and the quiet strength of hand stitching. This video offers a calming walkthrough of a Boro exhibition here in Aotearoa New Zealand, showcasing traditional Japanese mending, Sashiko stitching, and garments repaired and reused over generations.

Boro textiles carry stories of resourcefulness, care, and connection. Their patched layers and running stitches reveal families who repaired their garments not only out of necessity, but also out of respect for the cloth. For slow stitchers, fibre artists, quilters, and anyone who loves textile history, this exhibition is full of inspiration.

✨ Exhibition Update:
This Boro collection will be travelling to Otago in 2026 a rare opportunity to experience these remarkable textiles in person.

If you enjoy slow stitching, visible mending, Sashiko, textile stories, heritage crafts, and the beauty of worn cloth, I hope this quiet wander through the exhibition brings you inspiration for your own creative practice.
ASMR dawn chorus of Waiheke Island bird to accompany you through the stitched journey.

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