Through the surface: collaborating textile artists from UK and Japan

The principal aim of ‘Through the Surface’ was to investigate ways in which different groups of textile artists, in different circumstances, with different cultural influences, engage in the creative processes. ‘Through the Surface’ embraced as many areas of textile practice as possible. This included state of the art fashion textiles, textiles as interface between science, medicine and technology, and textile/textural understanding as applied to live art and installation.

Seven mentoring exchanges took place in 2003 between established and emerging textile artists in Japan and the UK. All participants contributed web journals during the exchange period and all made work as a result of their time spent working together. This work formed the exhibition which toured the UK during 2005 and then was shown at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, Japan in 2006.

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Image top: Michiko Kawarabayashi 'Germination'
Image below: Ealish Wilson 'Street Scenes, Shrines and Temples, Kimono