Sachiko Kobayashi

Style

Using thin cotton threads, I weave textiles using a double weaving technique called "futsuori" to express the scenery in my mind. I use plant dye and design stripes and mosaic patterns. As different colored threads are used on the front and back side, although the patterns are the same, the colors look different. For example, if the threads are 10 different colors, you can express 100 different colors by changing the combination of warp and weft threads.

Biography

• 2001
  Selected for the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 21 times from this year onward)
• 2007
  Selected for the Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 15 times from this year onward)
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 14 times from this year onward)
• 2013
  Submitted to the "From Crafts to Kōgei In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition"
• 2020
  Judge at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Becomes Councilor of the Japan Kogei Association Tokai Branch

Awards

• 2021
  Received the Japan Kogei Association President Award at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• Received the Japan Kogei Association Award etc. 8 times at theTōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the MEXT Award etc. 3 times at the Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition