Japanese design student Kotone Utsunomiya created “The story of flowers” in conjunction to Svenskt Tenn’s “Ten Textile Talents” exhibition in the spring of 2018. She was inspired by Josef Franks Mirakel print, in which she sensed a powerful energy. The overlapping and intersecting vines almost appear to be in conversation with one another and the dots scattered throughout the textile look like stars in an infinite universe.
Read more about Kotone Utsunomiya in Svenskt Tenn's magazine.
Designer
Kotone Utsunomiya
Kotone Utsunomiya is a Japanese artist, illustrator and picture book writer specialized in handmade techniques such as lithography, colour pencil and batik work. She collaborated with Svenskt Tenn for the first time in 2018, when she was part of the exhibition Ten Textile Talents on Strandvägen 5 in Stockholm. Back then, she created the “Story of Flowers” pattern as an homage to Josef Frank “Mirakel” (Miracle) print. For Christmas 2021, the flowers from the motif have been transformed into baubles for the Christmas tree.
