A handpicked selection of 22 notable Japanese textile companies were recently exhibited at the Japan Textile Salon, hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization, a government-based firm. The show ...
If there is one overlooked corner of fashion history, it has to be Japanese textiles. For hundreds of years, Japanese craftspeople have made high-end fabrics from plant fibers and silk. Today, some of ...
Installation view of Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics; items from right to left: Bodoko (mat), late Edo to early Showa period, (1800-1950s), hemp and cotton; Kotatsu blanket, late Edo to early ...
Amidst fierce competition, Japanese textile makers are now shifting focus and applying their cutting-edge techniques to enter new fields such as construction and healthcare. *Subtitles and transcripts ...
Exhibition of an innovative textile brand that combines sensitivity, technology, and tradition based on the techniques of Nishijin-ori, a traditional Japanese textile ...
Hélène Gascuel, Textiles Curator of the Guimet Asian Art Museum in Paris, speaks about the traditional Japanese art of crafting kimonos, this loose, flat and T-shaped garment with square sleeves ...
In Collaboration with American Chambers of Commerce (ACCJ), we host the the first arts program for 2021. It is something new from the ACCJ Alternative Investment Committee (AIC) on textile as an ...
For centuries, Japanese farmers repaired worn clothing using a handsewing technique known as sashiko, with textile surfaces punctuated by rain-like patterns of countless single stitches. This practice ...
The art of Japanese Textile Making is an exhibtion on view through Dec. 9 at the Design Museum at UC Davis. Lunchables are Arts Blog features about exhibitions that can be viewed during lunch or ...