Mottainai: The Fabric of Life at the Portland Japanese Garden 4-27 November
October 29, 2011
I’m really pleased to say that the Portland Japanese Garden has asked my close friend and colleague, Kei Kawasaki of Gallery Kei in Kyoto, and me, to mount an exhibition which will run through November.
The show, called “Mottainai: The Fabric of Life, Lessons in Frugality from Traditional Japan,” opens on 4 November and is on view until 27 November.
Both Kei and I are planning to show some of the highlights from our collections and we will be exhibiting some extraordinary and rare pieces.
In order to illustrate the breadth of traditional Japanese textiles Kei will be showing bast fiber textiles: wisteria, linden, hemp, ramie, paper, paper mulberry, etc., and I will be showing cotton boro textiles. I’ll be exhibiting a range of types, from everyday utilitarian textiles to large, complex garments.
The images here are details of some of my pieces which will be in the show.
We’ll both be in Portland this coming week setting up the show: I’m really looking forward to it. Kei has produced a beautifully illustrated catalog for the show for which both she and I have contributed essays. I’ll let you know when it is available.
I will be updating the webshop as per usual this Wednesday at 11 AM New York time. *As I’ll be in Portland until 5 November, any order placed from 30 October through 5 November will be shipped on Monday, 7 November.*
If I’m able to do so, this coming week I’ll blog some images from the set-up at the Garden. Stay tuned….
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