Mami Adachi

Style

I tie silk threads to make kasuri patterns and dye them with natural dye. I then weave the textiles to express memorable scenery and sounds. I weave hand spun cotton weft into the raw silk warp to create a tsumugi textile with soft texture that can only be made by hand.

Biography

• Born in Kyoto
• 1990
  Graduated from Kyoto Seika University
• 1994
  Studied under tsumugi (pongee) artist Ryoko Murakami
• 1999
  Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa
• 2000
  Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Natural Dyeing Biennale in Aichi
• 2001
  Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2003
  All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition
  Japan Tsumugi Awards New Artist Award
• 2007
  Handwerk macht Mode (Munich, Germany)
• 2015
  Magie des paysages,un monde en soie (Paris, France)
• 2016
  OHAYO-OHIO Japanese Symposium (Ohio, USA)
• 2017
  Contemporary Textile Art - Taiwan + Kanazawa Interchange Exhibition
  Teindre puis Tisser (Paris, France)
• 2018
  Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2019
  Espirit JAPON (Isere, France)
  Kanazawa Craft Exhibition

Awards

• 2002
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 31st Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Semi Grand Award at the 2nd Natural Dyeing Biennale in Aichi
• 2003
  Received the New Artist Grand Award at the 1st Japan Tsumugi Awards
  Received the Incentive Award at the 18th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition
• 2005
  Received the New Artist Incentive Award and the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the 39th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2006
  Received the New Artist Incentive Award at the 53rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the 44th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2017
  Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the 51st Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2019
  Received the Ishikawa Governor Award at the 60th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Received the Hokuriku Broadcasting President Award at the 76th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
• 2021
  Received the International Craft City Declaration Anniversary Award at the 77th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition