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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE 51³Ô¹ÏÍø?
Mar 21, 2020
Satoshi Sekimoto: Decorated in France
¡°When I was little, there was a room with a big lock on the door in my house ¡ª my mother¡¯s studio. The lock came off when I finished elementary school,¡± says embroiderer Satoshi Sekimoto over coffee at a Parisian cafe in the 13th arrondissement. ¡°I understand why she kept the room locked,¡± he adds,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 9, 2015
The ornate history of embroidery
¡°Transcendent Artful Embroidery II¡± at the Kobe Fashion Museum is a cross-cultural look at the perfections of needle craft across several centuries. It gets underway with a section on garments of Indian nobles and Chinese court dresses of the 19-20th centuries and then segues into Japanese aesthetic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
¡®Transcendent Artful Embroidery II¡¯
April 18-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2013
¡®Shizuka Kusano Embroidery Exhibition: A Compilation of Works for 40 Years¡¯
Tokyo department store Matsuya Ginza presents an exhibition of some 140 works spanning the four-decade career of one of Japan¡¯s most well-known embroidery artists, Shizuka Kusano.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2013
Sewing words for thought
Some words can evoke powerful images, values and stereotypes that have crept into our subconsciousness to sometimes dictate the way we think or behave. For Ruri Clarkson, this is something that needs to be challenged in Japan, and which she does herself with art.
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