Mary Jaeger shows her Shibori Art to Wear at the exhibition "Shades of Memory" in Trun from July, 28th to Sept. 8, 2018.

Mary Jaeger draws on extensive study of various textile techniques and work in Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe. She is well known for timeless, innovative textile and fashion designs using silk and wool manipulation, resist dyeing techniques, couture sewing and repurposed materials with minimal waste. She curates, teaches and lectures internationally. Her bespoke collections are available at her Atelier Boutique (New York City), Mary Jaeger Brooklyn and fine stores and galleries worldwide.

Her work is featured in textile magazines and in permanent collections of the China National Silk Museum (Hangzhou) and the Helen Allen Textile Collection (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology (SoHE)). She holds degrees from Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, and UW-Madison SoHE, BS-Textile and Apparel Design; MS-Related Art, where she currently serves on the Board of Visitors and is honored with UW-Madison SoHE’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Mary Jaeger creates timeless collections that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions by inviting personal experimentation with forms and suggesting the layering of patterns, textures and colors.

Picture: Accordion BonBons: Juxtaposed Neck Wraps and Ponchos, 2018, Silk, pieced, pleated, dyed, stitched.

Jorie Johnson shows her felt-creations at the exhibition "Shades of Memory" in Trun form July 28th to Sept. 9, 2018.

Born into a New England wool merchant family, Jorie Johnson studied Textile Design in the USA and Finland. Residing in Kyoto for the last thirty years, she established her studio, JoiRae Textiles, which focuses on the expression of felt-making in our modern nomadic times. She is the author of two books and articles on the subject, her work has appeared in various textile magazines including Surface Design Association Journal (US), Fiber Art Now (US), and FELT Matters (UK). She travels worldwide to research the history and teach the genius of the medium. She is a researcher for The Nara Imperial Household Agency analyzing the 8th century Tang felt carpets in their collection.
Selected for such exhibitions as “Artwear, Fashion and Anti-fashion”, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, “HATS: an Anthology by Stephen Jones”, Victoria & Albert Museum, “Fashioning Felt”, The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC, “Celestial Threads”, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among other institutions which include her work in their collections.

Picture: Sunset Over Uji River Ensemble, 2014, Cape (Detail), felted, Swiss Walliser Wool, silk floss
The concept image is taken from the intense amber glow of the setting sun on the flowing Uji River behind my studio in southern Kyoto.

The traditional Turkish shepherd’s Kepenek felt cloak is dramatized in the hopes it will appear on a “Contemporary Nomad” on the Hollywood Red Carpet (which I do believe the origin of historically was red felt from Asia).

Ana Lisa Hedstrom shows her Origami-folded Shibori installations at the exhibition "Shades of Memory" in Trun from July, 28 to Sept. 8, 2018.

Ana Lisa’s signature shibori textiles are included in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the De Young Museum, the Oakland Museum, and the Racine Museum. She has completed public art commissions for the Emeryville Ca. city hall and the American Embassy in Brunei.

Recent exhibitions include: one person show at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2017; Materials Hard and Soft, Denton, Texas, 2014; ISS international, Hangzhou, China, 2014; The Box Project: The Cotsen Collection, Fowler Art Museum and Textile Museum; Focus on Fiber 2016; Quilt Visions 2016; Quilt National, 2015 & 17.

Teaching engagements include San Francisco State University and California College of Arts.

She has received two National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) grants and is a fellow of The American Craft Council.

Picture: Patterning Paper Yukata, 2017, indigo on paper, folded and wrapped, each composition 100 x 76 cm
The Yukata kimono shape is the perfect way to display the compositions of the paper squares which are pinned to a wall.

For the exposition "Shades of Memory", taking place from July 28 to September 9, 2018, at the Museum Sursilvan, Trun, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada's installations were inspired by cocoons of silk-worms.

She is an artist, curator, and author and co-author of several books of reference on Shibori. Yoshiko was titled as a “Distinguished Craft Educator-Master of Medium” by the Smithsonian Institution and in 2016 she was honored with an award for her lifetime achievement in the field of textile art from the George Washington University Museum.

She has a B.F.A. in textile from Kyoto and a M.F.A. in conceptual art from USA.
She has translated three books on textile from Japanese to English and co-produced several DVDs on Shibori and Natural Dyeing.
She is President of World Shibori Network, Founder of Slow Fiber Studios, and Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Textile & Clothing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. She has co-chaired all ten International Shibori Symposia in India, Chile, Australia, U.K., France, Hong Kong, China, including the 11th ISS 2018 now taking place in Japan.
She has been promoting sustainable practices in traditional textile craft, natural dyeing, and organic cotton, and empowering regional communities in Japan, China, India, and the USA.