{"product_id":"edo-fragments-v2-patch-sheet-25-organic-cotton-panel","title":"Edo Fragments V2 Patch Sheet — 25” Organic Cotton Panel","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdo Fragments V2\u003c\/b\u003e is a limited-run archival patch cloth created for makers, repairers, garment builders, and anyone who wants to add history into the surface of what they make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis 25” × 25” sheet features a curated collage of public-domain Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print fragments, reassembled into one large-format fabric panel and printed onto heavyweight organic 300gsm cotton canvas. The artwork draws from the visual world of Edo-period print culture: kabuki actors, women in kimono, handwritten calligraphy, fan-shaped compositions, illustrated story scenes, nature details, symbolic animals, patterned garments, and aged paper textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe sheet is designed to be cut, frayed, layered, patched, repaired, and reworked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEach piece becomes part of your own garment’s story — whether stitched into denim, jackets, bags, workwear, aprons, trousers, or experimental garments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned for Use Across Any Project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEdo Fragments V2 is intentionally open-ended. Use it to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAdd character to jeans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eJackets, trousers, aprons, and workwear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eReinforce worn areas through visible mending\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eCreate custom patches for bags, totes, and accessories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eLayer archival imagery into new garments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eCut out small story fragments, labels, panels, or large statement patches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe 300gsm organic cotton canvas has enough structure to hold up as a patch, but still softens and frays beautifully with wear. You can leave the edges raw for a broken-in relic effect, or stitch them down cleanly for a stronger, more controlled finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaterial \u0026amp; Print Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFabric: 100% organic cotton canvas\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 300gsm\u003cbr\u003eSheet size: 25” × 25” \/ 63.5 × 63.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eFinish: Hand-cut sheet edge\u003cbr\u003eSurface: Soft, structured, and ideal for patchwork\u003cbr\u003eUse: Cut-out patches, visible mending, garment repair, bags, denim, jackets, and workwear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEach sheet contains multiple usable fragments in different sizes, shapes, and compositions, giving you the freedom to decide how each piece is cut and placed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe imagery in Edo Fragments V2 comes from public-domain Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints and printed ephemera associated with Edo-period visual culture. Ukiyo-e, often translated as “pictures of the floating world,” became one of Japan’s most recognisable print traditions, depicting kabuki actors, beautiful women, theatre scenes, travel, nature, fashion, stories, and everyday material life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRather than reproducing one single artwork, this sheet treats the archive as raw material. Each fragment has been selected, cropped, aged, and arranged into a new textile object — not as a museum reproduction, but as a usable surface for contemporary making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is not just decoration. It is a way to stitch old visual language into new work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisual Credit \u0026amp; Context Notes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis sheet contains a curated arrangement of public-domain ukiyo-e and Japanese print fragments. The exact source titles vary across the sheet, but the visual categories include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKabuki actor portrait fragments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral sections show expressive male theatre portraits, likely from the yakusha-e tradition: actor prints made to celebrate kabuki performers, stage roles, and dramatic facial expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBijin-ga \/ women in kimono fragments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMultiple fragments show women in layered kimono, seated or posed within domestic\/story scenes. These sit within the broader bijin-ga tradition: images of women, fashion, gesture, fabric, and interior life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalligraphy and manuscript fragments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe upper calligraphic panel and smaller handwritten areas reference the written surface of Japanese printed culture: poems, story text, notes, seals, and inscriptions that often appeared alongside prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFan-shaped composition fragment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lower central fan-shaped artwork references the long relationship between ukiyo-e and decorative objects, including fan prints, seasonal compositions, nature motifs, and poetic inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnimal and symbolic fragments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe turtle\/tortoise image and other nature details add symbolic, folkloric, and decorative elements to the sheet, giving smaller usable fragments that work especially well as patch details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatterned garment and textile details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany figures are surrounded by richly patterned robes, grids, florals, and printed textile surfaces. These areas are especially useful for cutting small abstract patches that still carry the feeling of the original archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewspaper \/ illustrated story fragment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe small rectangular printed scene with text has the feeling of Edo or later Japanese illustrated reporting\/story print culture, bringing a document-like, artefact quality to the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublic-domain acknowledgement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe works are used as public-domain archival material and reinterpreted as a contemporary patch cloth for garment making. The sheet is produced in homage to the artists, printers, carvers, publishers, and craftspeople who shaped Japanese woodblock print culture. Databases such as ukiyo-e.org aggregate large collections of Japanese woodblock prints across museums and archives, including major artists such as Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni, and Hokusai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Physical Stock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEdo Fragments V2 is a limited physical product. Once the first run sells out, it will not be immediately restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEach sheet is printed, handled, and packed as a material object — not a digital download, not a print-on-demand file, and not a mass-produced trim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePair It With the Workwear Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEdo Fragments V2 has been designed to sit naturally alongside the Roughcut Workwear Series, especially on denim, canvas, duck cloth, hickory, aprons, jackets, carpenter trousers, dungarees, and coveralls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut it is not limited to Roughcut patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCut it up. Stitch it down. Repair something. Ruin it beautifully. 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