Aitor Saraiba × Tomomi Mimura (mimstermade): Embroidered Bear Kit

This special collaboration kit brings together the poetic textile worlds of Japanese artist Tomomi Mimura (aka mimstermade) and Spanish artist Aitor Saraiba in a playful, expressive embroidery project.

At the heart of the kit is an exclusive embroidery design created especially for this collaboration. It centres on Tomomi’s Embroidered Bear motif, intended to be stitched using her distinctive darning-based technique, alongside Aitor’s intuitive, drawn approach to stitching on fabric. Together, their styles merge tradition, experimentation, and personal storytelling into a single shared piece.

The kit includes a generous and carefully curated selection of materials, chosen to encourage exploration rather than instruction. Inside, you’ll find hand-dyed Japanese yarns prepared by Tomomi Mimura herself, along with threads, fabrics, and exclusive textile elements selected directly from Aitor Saraiba’s studio. The materials are intentionally varied, allowing you to play with texture, colour, and stitch in your own way.

Designed to be open-ended and experimental rather than prescriptive, the kit invites slow, thoughtful making. You can stitch onto the fabrics provided, or choose to use the materials with your own knit fabric, plain cloth, or a garment.

Suitable for all levels, this kit is ideal for anyone who enjoys embroidery as drawing, repair, and emotional expression — a way of telling stories with thread. The finished piece can be worn, applied to a favourite item, framed as an artwork, or adapted to any project you choose.

A long-awaited collaboration, this kit offers a meaningful creative encounter between two distinct artistic worlds, inviting you to explore embroidery as a deeply personal and expressive language.