Report of the Australian textile artist Barbara Schey on 9th ISS field trips
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Another highlight was a one day tour to Blue and White paste resist studio at Nantong where I was able to get some good video of the process. Mascha Mioni, Hiroko Watanabe, Ana Lisa Hedstrom were also among the luminaries
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fibre Quarterly Canada online 11/1/ Spring 2015
This report on the symposium and the exhibition at the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, shows an "Instal view of costumes and work by artists Candace Edgerley of USA, Catherine Ellis of USA, Mascha Mioni of Switzerland and Carter Smith of USA"
Mascha Mionis Rooibos Teabag Dress in the book MyRooibos
"Ds notre livre MyRooibos The Rooibos Teabag dress par Mascha Mioni"
Mascha Mioni is Artist in Residence at the JinZe Arts Center, Shanghai
Report in German in the on-line news-paper beiUns, uploaded Nov. 28, 2014 "...When, begin 2014, Mascha was asked to apply for artist in residence at the JinZe Arts Center, Shanghai, she immediately said yes..." (free translation from the German beiUns)
left: Feiran Young/JZAC teaches Mascha Mioni how to correctly hold a brush for Chinese Calligraphy -right : In the court-yard of the JinZe Arts Center Mascha recycles the discarded rice-straw - Photos: H. Graafhuis, Meggen, Switzerland
Conclusion of the more than two months long stay in China - citation from beiUns:
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Diese Ausstellung ist für uns das krönende Ende unseres mit täglich neuen Erlebnissen gespickten Aufenthaltes in diesem Riesenland mit seiner eindrücklichen, viele jahrtausendealten Entwicklungsgeschichte. Diese Entwicklung inmitten einer Welt, deren Ressourcen immer knapper werden, ist zurzeit so rasant, dass deren Zukunft kaum einschätzbar ist."
Jan. 11, 2014 meniscus online-magazine, New York, on the exhibition Mnemonikos in Bangkok
Kwai Chan writes:
"Rope, Teflon, tea bags and recycled bottles were just some of the materials used in the mnēmonikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles exhibit currently on display through Feb. 22 at the Jim Thompson Center in Bangkok.
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Take a closer look at this gown by artist Masha Mioni of Switzerland, and the result is actually constructed entirely of used Rooibos tea bags
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Masha MIONI (Switzerland)
Rooibos Teabag Dress; Drink tea, empty bag, dry it, sew the bags together to a dress using different techniques; Empty redbush tea bag, silk thread and silk organza
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