Cotton Furoshiki – The Shoal, Fish in Turquoise

A turquoise ground broken by a moving line of fish, all swimming in the same direction.

The print sits on a crackled surface — fine veined lines that suggest water seen from above, or batik wax where it has caught and held the dye unevenly. Against this restless ground, dark navy fish appear in loose formation, each one drawn with the economy of a single brushstroke. The eye reads movement before it reads pattern. Stand back and the cloth becomes weather; stand close and it becomes a single fish at a time.

A furoshiki belongs to the everyday — a cloth to wrap a gift, to fold across a low table, or to knot through a pair of wooden patchins and carry as a bag. The 50 × 50 cm makes a small day bag; the 70 × 70 cm, a larger tote. We hem each cloth by hand at the atelier.

Material: Japanese cotton
Sizes: 50 × 50 cm / 70 × 70 cm
Finish: Hand-hemmed at the Renaras atelier, Amsterdam

Pair with Renaras patchins to carry as a furoshiki bag.

One cloth. One print. One piece.