Hiroko Kanezaki

• Category
  Textiles
• Techniques
  Tsumugi silk, Kasuri weaving, Kokura weaving
• Born
  1961 -
• Membership
  Research member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

Kimono of tsumugi with kasuri
Being moved by pictorial kasuri where the dyed yarn is woven into pictorial patterns, I have been making kimonos with pictorial kasuri. I try to express the beauties of nature in the different seasons and our feelings in daily life with the colors and patterns and weave them into kimonos, our traditional clothing that Japanese people cherish.

Hand-spun Kokura-ori obi
Weaving two-ply yarn made of hand spun cotton yarn. Being charmed by the beauty and power of yarn while spinning, I wanted to express the charms of the yarn in my textiles. I think about our ancestors that spun yarn and wove textiles as I work on my artwork.

Biography

• 2009
  Studied dyeing and weaving in Fukuoka City, Yame, and Kyoto
  Became interested in kasuri while studying and started making kasuri textiles for kimonos
• 2010
  Took on and carried on the techniques of Kokura-ori and created textiles at Buzen-Kokuraori Study Group (up to 2020)
• Currently making kasuri textiles for kimonos and hand spun Kokura-ori obi.

Awards

• 2019
  Received the Kita Kyushu City Mayor Award for Hand Spun Kokura-ori Obi "Hanayagino Toki (Time for Brilliance)"at the 75th Fukuoka Prefectural Art Exhibition (Craft category)