Saori Mizuhashi

• Category
  Textiles
• Techniques
  Yūzen dyeing
• Born
  1976 -
• Based in
  Kanagawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

Hand-drawn Yuzen using resist paste for fine-line printing. I try to design kimonos that match our current life style.

Biography

• 1976
  Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
• 1997
  Graduated from Bunka Gakuen University Junior College, Department of Apparel and Space Design
• 2000
  Graduated from Otsuka Textile Design Technical School, Textile Dyeing Department, Yuzen Dyeing Course (current Waseda International Business College Textile Design Course)
  Entered "Somesho Komachi-en" (Kamakura, Kanagawa)
  Studied under Japan Kogei Association Full Member, Norihito Sakai
  Selected for the 16th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum (selected 5 times from this year onward)
• 2001
  Submitted to the 39th Sengeiten (submitted every year from this year onward)
• 2010
  Becomes independent
  Selected for the 50th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 5 times from this year onward)
• 2020
  Selected for the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Becomes part-time lecturer at Joshibi University of Art and Design
  Selected for the 55th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Awards

• 2002
  Received the Technical Award at the 40t Sengeiten (Honorable Mention at the 46th, Incentive Award at the 47th, Sengeiten Award at the 51st, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Award at the 54th, and Sengeiten Award at the 55th)
• 2006
  Received the Incentive Award at the 19th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum
• 2012
  Received the Silk Museum Grand Award at the 21st All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum
  (artwork purchased and added to the collection of the Silk Museum)
• 2014
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award at the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition