Patchwork in a Patchwork

Talk about patchwork! There is an entire quilt top in this patchwork! Maybe more than one!

Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo
photo credit :Sophia Reford

Verona Tessile (May 19-24) will have quilts made by Japanese artists and quilters. Keiko Goke will be giving a workshop. Mid-week the Italian, the Japanese and the Canadian quilters will have a special dinner together and a fabric exchange!

Squares

Garden at the Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
photo credit Sophia Reford

Japanese Textile Works

The work of Kazumi Shinomiya from Kyoto, Japan, intrigued me.

Tides
2012
Kazumi Shinomiya

I saw this piece at World of Threads. I liked the way the wall became part of her art work. I considered the shadow as part of this piece. It added interest and depth.

detail, Tides

There will be some Japanese textile works (contemporary quilts) at the Verona Tessile festival in Verona, Italy, May 2015. (By the way, I have 5 travellers signed up for the trip already!)

I look forward to seeing their competence and proficiency. The works from Japanese textile artists and quilters that I have seen have always been executed with a precision and attention to detail that is notable.