Living in a small mountain village just outside of Tokyo, I grow a crop of indigo every year and process the leaves into dye using traditional methods. I also breed silk moths, raise the silkworms and then reel/spin the silk from the cocoons. The silk is then dyed with natural dyes and finally woven on traditional Japanese looms. I run several ten-day live-in workshops a year at the old farmhouse here in Japan focusing on the Japanese use of indigo. Contact me for information.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Current Exhibition
I am currently having an exhibition of naturally dyed silk scarves and indigo dyed tapestries in Ginza at a small gallery. I am exhibiting with Mayumi Ikuta a lacquer artist. It is a simple event. I am not exhibiting pieces that I have woven from my own silk like kimono etc. It is too confusing to exhibit my high-end stuff with simpler work. Even mixing stencil dye and shibori as well as linen and cotton and silk pieces is confusing. Quite a few people who have caught me on TV in the past year seem have come expecting to see what they have seen on TV. They are a little disappointed because it is a natural dying exhibit. The work is still good!
Looks like a great exhibit, Bryan!
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