Mami Adachi

1967 -
  • Textiles
  • Awarded 11 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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  • Category
    Textiles
  • Techniques
    Tsumugi silk
  • Born
    1967 -
  • Based in
    Ishikawa
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Member of the Kanazawa Craft Council
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
  • 2024
    Incentive Award / Sanyo Shimbun Award, 58th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Kanazawa Mayor Award, 64th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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