'Saiko' Chasen and Matcha Bowl Photo Printed Smiley Logo Cotton T-Shirt

‘From farm/fieldwork to fabric,’ the Sabotage X Gentle Artefacts Matcha Psycho capsule collection is the output of a highly unique collaboration, in which a fashion designer and street photographer accompanied Gentle Artefacts to conduct ethnographic fieldwork with craft-scale tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan.

The front of the garment features a signature logo of the collection at the left breast — incorporating the Kanji character ‘cha,’ which is the Japanese word for tea, with latin alphabet letters to form ‘Matcha Psycho.’ Mr. Sabotage playfully appropriated the character style directly from Obubu’s Tea Farm’s very own logo (pictured in the gallery to the left in an image of the farm’s offices and tatami mat tea room in Wazuka, Japan).

The back of the garment layers the collection’s smiley logo with a photograph by Takeshi Hayakawa of Obubu Farms co-founder and tea master Matsu-san preparing matcha for Sabotage and Gentle Artefacts during fieldwork on the farm in January 2025, and the final layer: the collection’s tag, “International Farmcore Maniacs.”

The images for the editorial (above), also shot by Takeshi Hayakawa and featuring models from Kyoto and Osaka, was captured on site at Obubu Tea Farms and around Wazuka town during the spring harvest (May 11th to 13th, 2025). Three editorial images are included of Akky-san, the master tea farmer of Obubu Farms, modeling the collection his agricultural practices inspired during a respite from a long spring harvest day in the fields.

·       100% cotton (slub jersey 300 GSM), offered both in black and in heather gray.

·       Ribbed crew neck and cuffs.

·       Direct to garment dye photo print.

·       Machine wash cold or cool. Turn inside out to wash. Hand wash recommended to sustain integrity of the photo print.

·       Do not tumble dry. Lay flat to dry. Cool iron.

Slight oversized — but fits true to size. Take your usual size. If truly between sizes, consider taking one size down.