This piece is built on a vintage blue worker jacket and entirely hand embroidered with Japanese Sashiko Moyōzashi patterns in my atelier.
 
The surface is conceived as a patchwork of stitched fields rather than a single repeating motif. Different traditional patterns are used across the garment: the two front panels, the sleeves, and the back are all embroidered differently, creating a composition that shifts as the jacket moves around the body.
Variations of Shippō Tsunagi and Amimon form the core of the surface. These patterns are traditionally associated with connection, continuity, and strength through interlinking forms, circles that repeat endlessly and net structures that hold and distribute tension.
These stitched fields are framed with Hanmaru Tsunagi, which runs, matching,  from the center front down to the hem of the jacket and continues along the sleeve hems. The framing pattern creates a visual boundary, holding the different sections together and giving the jacket a clear structure despite the variation in patterns.
 
The jacket is intentionally left unlined. The reverse of the embroidery remains fully visible on the inside, revealing the rhythm of the stitching and the construction of the work. Inside and outside carry equal importance.
 
A one-of-a-kind garment, embroidered entirely by hand over the course of approximately one week.
Made to be worn, used, and to hold its form over time.