Ayumi Hirata

Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Ayumi moved to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2010. During her studies, she started thinking about what it really means to be sustainable. This led her back to Japan, to the centuries-old practice of furoshiki. Ayumi now creates these traditional Japanese wrapping cloths from textiles diverted from landfill. Founder of FabWrap, she began teaching her workshops in 2023.  @fabwrap_nz
Image above by Kai Jonathan Lee. Image below by Steven Junil Park.
Furoshiki in 2023.