Timeless Knot - Myths Breathe

© Yukimi Akiba - N°105 'Pulse' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 1 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard. © Yukimi Akiba - N°106 'Touch' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 2 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard. © Yukimi Akiba - N°107 'Doubt' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 3 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard. View all images ↓
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Transforming forgotten photographs into vivid, living narratives through the 2021–2026 project, “Timeless Knot.” With each stitch of thread, a transcendent dialogue unfolds, allowing these myths softly to begin to breathe.

Myths Breathe

It began with a search for a new harmony- to reconnect with the world with respect and love. This series, Myths Breathe, is the final chapter of that journey - created simply as an unadorned record of who she is right now, just as she is.

She, who once ventured outward with a desperate wish to bloom, found her destination in returning to the quiet place inside. A spiral, creative cycle. 

Now that the tension has dissolved, these myths within the hands softly begin to breathe.

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2021–2026 project, “Timeless Knot”, reimagines vintage Japanese postcards as vessels for nurturing love, rebuilding trust—in both the world and herself—and fostering new connections. Each stitch of thread weaves a transcendent dialogue between sitters, landscapes, and the unseen stories embedded in the images—transforming forgotten objects into vivid, living narratives.

She Blooms Once Again, 2021

She Drowns In The Air, 2021

Towards Heaven, 2021

Episode 0 ,2022

She Sets Her Heart Ablaze, 2022

She Is Cosmic,2024

She Said Humanity Has Failed, 2023-2024

Mythes Breathe, 2026

© Yukimi Akiba - N°105 'Pulse' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 1 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°105 'Pulse' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 1 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°106 'Touch' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 2 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°106 'Touch' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 2 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°107 'Doubt' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 3 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°107 'Doubt' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 3 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°108 'Thaw' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 3 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°108 'Thaw' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 3 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°109 'Mirror' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 4 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°109 'Mirror' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 4 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°110 'Echo' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 4 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°110 'Echo' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 4 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°111 'Protect' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 5 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°111 'Protect' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 5 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°112 'Embrace' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 5 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°112 'Embrace' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 5 / Hand-embroidered on a vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°113 'Recall' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 6 / Hand-embroidered on a beautifully toned vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°113 'Recall' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 6 / Hand-embroidered on a beautifully toned vintage Japanese postcard.

© Yukimi Akiba - N°114 'One' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 6 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.
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N°114 'One' - Myths Breathe, Chapter 6 / Hand-embroidered on a hand-colored vintage Japanese postcard.