The Lecture of Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada in the National Palace Museum

Lecturer：Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
Lecture : "Overview of World Indigo Dyed Textile"

Time：2009/2/12（Thu.）10：00--12：00

location：National Palace Museum


Introduction of Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

• Artist, Scholar, Curator
• Historical and Contemporary Textiles and Fiber Art:Japanese, Indian, and other ethnic resist dyeing traditions
• PRESENT POSITIONS as of 2008:

1. President, World Shibori Network-World. Berkeley, CA and Nagoya, Japan.
2. Advisor, Gunma Prefecture Society for Sericulture Industry Promotion (GPSSIP). Gunma, Japan.
3. Visitng Faculty, Okinawa Prefecture University of Fine Arts, Naha, Japan.

• WORK IN PROGRESS (titles tentative)

1. Book Ragged Beauty: Repair and Reuse, Past and Present.
2. Book Material Magic: Theory and Practice of Textile Art and Design Series (Protein, Cellulose, Synthetic).
3. Book Meisen Textile Production and Women Consumers in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Japan.

• Exhibition--- “Ragged Beauty: Repaired Textiles and Other Objects”

she also have teaching courses and workshops, and sometimes have the lectures.

• PUBLICATIONS

*Books

1. Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now, Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan. 2002, 03, 04, 05, 06.
2. The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art to Wear in America, co-edited with Rebecca tevens and co-authored with Nancy Corwin, Julie Schafler Dale to accompany exhibition co-curated the exhibition of same title, Pommogranate Artbooks, Rohnert Park, and The Textile Museum, Washington DC. 1996.
3. Shibori II: Himetaru Hana ("Blossoms Unveiled"), Unsodo Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan. 1990. Preface in Japanese and English.
4. Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing, co-authored with Mary Rice and Jane Barton, Kodansha International, 1983, 86, 88, 89, 1991, 94, 96, 99 (soft cover), 2000, 02, 03, 05 Japan.
5. "Craft to Art: Contemporary Work in Indigo" and "Indigo in Japan," Indigo/Leven in een kleur, Indigo Foundation, Amsterdam, Fibula-Van Dishoeck, Weesp, Holland. 1985. (Two papers contributed to this anthology).
6. Ikat: An Introduction, co-authored with Diane Ritch, Kasuri Dyeworks, 1973. Rev. 1975. U.S.A. Reprinted 1982, Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane, Australia.
7. “History of Japanese Shibori,” and “The Development of Comtemporary Shibori,” catalogue for the Third International Shibori Symposium, Santiago, Chile. 1999.
   

*Articles for Periodicals:

1. STUDY OF TEXTILE COLLECTIONS
   
2. STUDY TOUR PROGRAM
3. FASHION PRODUCT DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTION
4. ARTISTS AND ARTISANS REPRESENTATIVE IN USA
5. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS