繼知名藝術大師村上隆與其藝術團隊遇到破產的困境後，不僅是與 Hello Kitty 聯名的消息，抑或是推出「黑魂小花」的消息，村上隆真的為了不讓小花夭折而做出了很多的努力。而今發布了一則新消息，村上隆將透過保存六年以來的咖啡濾紙來創作，並分享給粉絲們。
I am releasing a series of prints silkscreened on used paper coffee filters. I have a bizarre hoarding habit; my followers would know by now that I am utterly unable to throw away anything and am accumulating my fallen hair, beard, clipped finger nails, and shavings of my heels, among other things. I am of the firm belief that such shameful interiority is something absolutely crucial for one’s art, but of course I understand this is not a concept that is universally acceptable. The print series in question started with the used coffee filters I couldn’t bring myself to discard and kept accumulating in a special box for the past six years or so. I am a huge coffee aficionado and I drink more than five cups a day. In the process, so many coffee filters get used, and while they are left out to dry, they each acquire a unique stain pattern. For many years, I have contemplated how I might utilize the coffee filters I had accumulated through my abnormal obsession and make artwork out of them. Finally, this March, while I couldn’t step out of my studio due to the pandemic, I thought of painting and doing calligraphy on this medium, and when I actually tried it out, it made perfect sense. So we prepared the coffee filters for silkscreen printing by cleaning them, removing the molds and sanitizing them with alcohol, and coating them with a fixative for drawing. Of roughly 1,200 used filters I had, we rejected around 500 during the cleanup process for having tears and holes. Once cleaned, we ironed them flat, gave them a clear base coat, and screen printed each in two layers. The process till completion has thus been quite complex, and it was introduced earlier on Hypebeast’s IGTV @hypebeast post as well. @tonari_no_zingaro translation: @tabi_the_fat
Takashi Murakami（@takashipom）分享的貼文 於 張貼
村上隆表示自己有著無法丟棄任何物品的怪習慣，不論是頭髮、鬍子，甚至是腳趾甲以及腳皮，而因為自己一天至少要喝五杯咖啡，而在過去六年來收集了巨量的咖啡濾紙，而這些濾紙在經過晾乾以及保存後，每一張都有其獨特的污漬圖案，村上隆靈機一動決定以此濾紙為創作畫布。
Via @takashipom
Via @takashipom
而製作過程非常繁複，包括篩選可用濾紙、清洗、消毒、熨完後塗上底漆，最後再透過絲網印刷的方式製成兩層。因此可以想像的到，雖然是不需成本的使用過濾紙，但其中注入了村上隆心血後，價格也不會太便宜，不過能以不浪費地球資源，重複利用的藝術創作也是非常具有意義的，有興趣收集的粉絲們別錯過未來販售消息！
Via @takashipom
Via @takashipom
