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Tube Socks
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Katsumi Asaba, Katsuhiko Hibino, Kozue Hibino et al.
Starting November 28, Creation Gallery G8 and Guardian Garden - two galleries in Tokyo’s Ginza district - will host an exhibition focusing on tube Socks for this year’s addition of the annual “Creation Project.” It represents a collaboration involving 167 creative artists and a small manufacturing company based in Osaka.
Higuchi Knitting Company, located in Hirakata City in Osaka Prefecture, is a producer of socks that was founded in 1933. Sock production in Japan peaked in the late 1980s and has been in decline ever since. In the face of inexpensive imports from Asia, the Japanese sock industry as a whole is in a severe state. Higuchi Knitting takes maximum advantage of its resilience as a small-scale producer, however, creating made-to-order socks on request from the customer - even responding to orders for a single pair.
The items on exhibit here are based on tube socks developed by Higuchi Knitting at the request of its customers. The company’s tube socks are unusual in having no heel and being of extra-high quality. Those featured in the exhibition are all original articles with knitted designs created by artists from various fields and backgrounds. All items on show will be available for purchase.
The absence of a heel, combined with outstanding elasticity, means that Higuchi Knitting’s tube socks fit all sizes, from children to adults. They make ideal gifts, for Christmas or other occasions, and for oneself.
Proceeds from the sale of the tube socks will be donated to “Save the Children.” Under that program, funds are used locally in Japan for a number of important purposes: to relieve child poverty, prevent child abuse, support recovery in disaster-affected regions, etc.
Higuchi Knitting Company, located in Hirakata City in Osaka Prefecture, is a producer of socks that was founded in 1933. Sock production in Japan peaked in the late 1980s and has been in decline ever since. In the face of inexpensive imports from Asia, the Japanese sock industry as a whole is in a severe state. Higuchi Knitting takes maximum advantage of its resilience as a small-scale producer, however, creating made-to-order socks on request from the customer - even responding to orders for a single pair.
The items on exhibit here are based on tube socks developed by Higuchi Knitting at the request of its customers. The company’s tube socks are unusual in having no heel and being of extra-high quality. Those featured in the exhibition are all original articles with knitted designs created by artists from various fields and backgrounds. All items on show will be available for purchase.
The absence of a heel, combined with outstanding elasticity, means that Higuchi Knitting’s tube socks fit all sizes, from children to adults. They make ideal gifts, for Christmas or other occasions, and for oneself.
Proceeds from the sale of the tube socks will be donated to “Save the Children.” Under that program, funds are used locally in Japan for a number of important purposes: to relieve child poverty, prevent child abuse, support recovery in disaster-affected regions, etc.
Schedule | Nov 28 (Tue) 2017-Dec 23 (Sat) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 28 (Tue) 2017 19:00 - 20:30 Opening ceremony held at Creation Gallery G8 19:30-20:00. | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/creationproject/english/2017/ | ||||||
| Venue | Guardian Garden http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/gg/en | ||||||
| Location | B1F Hulic Ginza 7chome Bldg., 7-3-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8227 | ||||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit C2 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines. 5 minute walk from the Ginza exit of Shimbashi Station on the JR Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku lines or Ginza line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-5568-8818 | ||||||
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