The Japanese heritage of textiles (Sashiko) with contemporary visions inspired by modern art as a source for the creation of women's textile printing designs.

With the world's increasing interest in sustainability and ways to protect the environment, the trend has emerged towards fast fashion, which is clothing that is produced in large quantities quickly and at a low cost, or by extending its use life or by recycling it. This concept is similar to some ancient traditional handicrafts among some peoples, including heritage. Japanese art of hand embroidery of textiles (Sashiko), which appeared in the Edo era (1603-1867). With the aim of meeting the needs of poor communities and not with the aim of protecting the environment, but it can be used today for this environmental goal, as heritage in general is one of the most important sources of creativity that is inexhaustible, but its value increases with time as a source of inspiration by presenting it with contemporary artistic visions inspired by the concepts of modern art, adding aesthetic value to printing designs. Contemporary

Hence, the research problem was to ask: To what extent is it possible to benefit from the Japanese handmade textile heritage (Sashiko) to create contemporary printing designs for women’s fabrics by benefiting from recycling leftover textile factory fabrics with contemporary artistic visions inspired by modern art? The research aims to benefit from the aesthetic values of the Japanese art of Sashiko with visions from modern art to create printing designs for women’s textiles and to attempt to enrich the field of women’s textile designs by benefiting from the arts of Sashiko with a contemporary vision inspired by the artistic methods of some of the pioneers of modern art. . The research follows the descriptive approach: the Japanese art of Sashiko - concepts from modern art, the analytical approach by addressing some of the plastic values of modern art (texture - mass and space - collage and multimedia, gradation and overlay), the experimental approach by creating a group of designs inspired by the art of Sashiko and modern art by application. On the design of printing women's fabrics with a questionnaire to measure the degree of preference of a sample of users for it.