Category: Textiles

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  • Mar.24
    Mar.19

    Five Generations and Strong

    Mar.19 Ali Alice Gordenker

    Text and Photos by Alice Gordenker Masao Nagata of Nagata Indigo Dyeing Works (長田染工場) in Izumo, Shimane demons…

    Feb.12

    I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR BLUE

    Feb.12

    by Amy Katoh After 43 years of Blue & White, my eyes only see BLUE. And it may well be that BLUE is taking…

    Dec.11

    Slit Yarn of NUNO Textile Design Studio

    Dec.11

                            NUNO Textile Design Studio presents “suke suke” fabrics,  by weaving slice…

    Sept.23

    Buaisou: Four Young Guys – A New Generation of Indigo Dyers

    Sept.23 Mora Chartrand

    Buaisou Indigo by Matt Gross from AirBnB Magazine. Introduction by Mora Chartrand Main Article: Buaisou Indigo…

    Sept.16

    Amane Tatsumura Contemporary Weaving Artist

    Sept.16 Amane Tatsumura

    by Amane Tatsumura, As a child, I used to play in a workshop where some of the world’s most talented weavers s…

    Aug.14

    I Only Have Eyes for Blue (and White)

    Aug.14

    by Amy Katoh, author, lecturer

    Aug.09

    Koho Tatsumura’s contemporary designs in the hands of the world’s finest weavers

    Aug.09 Contemporary Art Kyoto

    Koho Tatsumura Nishiki Weaving for the 21st Century. Japanese weaving is so intricate and thus so stunningly beautiful that experts worldwide have come to both describe it and distinguish it from ordinary brocade simply by using its Japanese name, Nishiki (pronounced as in knee-she-key.)

    June.29

    Gungendo – Pioneers in the Slow Clothes Movement

    June.29 Shops

    The Matsubas are to clothes what Alice Waters is to the Slow Food movement. Their 30-year old company, Gungend…

    Feb.22

    Yuzen Shirts by Hiroshi Saito

    Feb.22

    Whenever I wear a Hiroshi Saito Shirt in Japan or North America, I am always asked about it.