白い布を染めて、「コテ」と呼ばれるアイロンのような道具を駆使してアートフラワーを作る「布花」(ぬのはな)。おばあさまや叔母様が長く布花を手掛けていたことから、幼いころより布花に親しんでいたという川森加奈さんは、高校卒業後、染色技術学科に進みました。しかし卒業後は、バリスタとしてのコーヒー店勤務を経て百貨店に入社。販売業に就き、サービスや接客について学んでいましたが、2013年、ようやく福井に帰郷。昔からの憧れであった布花作りに着手します。スタート地点に立つまでは長い道のりでしたが、学生時代やバリスタ時代の経験もあったからこそ、生まれてくるアイディアもあるもの。また、一度福井を離れたことで、豊かな自然への敬意もさらに強くなり、日々、植物や森に癒されながら制作に勤しんでいるのだそうです。
"Nunohana" dyes white cloth and makes art flowers by making full use of tools such as irons called "irons". Kana Kawamori, who had been familiar with cloth flowers since she was a child because her grandmother and aunt had been working on cloth flowers for a long time, went on to the dyeing technology department after graduating from high school. However, after graduating, she joined a department store after working at a coffee shop as a barista. After working in the sales business and learning about services and customer service, I finally returned to Fukui in 2013. She will start making cloth flowers, which she have long admired. It's been a long way to get to the starting point, but there are some ideas that come from her experience as a student and barista. Also, once she left Fukui, her respect for the abundant nature became stronger, and she seems to be working every day while being healed by plants and forests.