Designer
Aya Kataoka
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During my 12 years as a student, I was an artistic swimmer.After coming into contact with costume design, at the age of 18, she decided to go to Paris, France to study there.
Among them, Olympia Le-Tan
After meeting Tan and working as an intern, she became involved in production and embroidery became a part of her life.
Creative, free and playful
By embroidering Olympia's work,
It has a big influence on your expression, sensibility, and way of thinking.
After that, he joined LESAGE, the leading embroidery atelier.
(An atelier that creates embroidery for haute couture collections such as CHANEL and Dior)
Ecole LESAGE (Ecole LESAGE) operated by
She enrolled at Lesage and learned Luneville embroidery.
At the same time, haute couture brands
During her internship at ALEXIS MABILLE, she was involved in the production of works and shows, learning about "Luneville embroidery as haute couture."
After that, he got a job at a Qatari conglomerate-run haute couture brand (Qatar
SWIMAYA's experience at its Doha base is also a great spice for the brand.
In order to express the sensitivities and sense of color that I experienced in the vastly different cultures and backgrounds of Japan, France, and Qatar,
After returning to Japan, he founded SWIMAYA.
He currently has an atelier in Karuizawa,
She expresses her inspiration from nature and the sensibilities she has cultivated through the medium of embroidery.
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As an artistic swimming athlete for about
12 years and she was exposed to costume design.
At the age of 18, she decided to study in Paris, France.
There she met Olympia Le Temps, and through an internship,
became familiar with embroidery.
Being exposed to Olympia's free, creative and playful work,
she was greatly influenced by her expression,
sensitivity and way of thinking.
She then enrolled in Ecole LESAGE, run by LESAGE,
a leading embroidery atelier that embroiders for
CHANEL, Dior, and other prestigious fashion houses.
At the same time, she had an internship at
Alexis Mabille, a brand of haute couture, where
she was actually involved in the production and
show of the products and learned how to embroider
Luneville as haute couture.
Het subsequent work experience at the Qatar
Zaibatsu-run Autoctuque Brand (Doha, Qatar)
was also a big boost for SWIMAYA.
After returning to Japan, she established SWIMAYA in
order to express in her works the sensitivity and color
sensitivity that he experienced in Japan, France, and
Qatar, environments with vastly different cultures and
backgrounds.
Currently, she has an atelier in Karuizawa, Japan, where
she uses embroidery as a medium to express the sensibility
she has cultivated through inspiration from nature.