Kethsirin Pholdhampalit writes in The Sunday Nation: Some of the world's best known textile designers and artists showcase their works in a new exhibition at Jim Thompson Art Centre
... Continuing until February next year, the exhibition "Mnemonikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles", which features 29 international artists from 11 countries, takes viewers down to the molecular level of textiles. Curated by Japanese textile expert Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, the works achieve a perfect integration between traditional crafts and modern chemistry.
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Swiss artist Mascha Mioni was inspired by her experience of living in South Africa to work with recycled material. Her art-to-wear dress "Rooibos Teabag Dress" is made entirely of recycled bags of the South African national tea rooibos (redbush). It's delicate, but absolutely wearable.
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Guest curator Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada opens the exhibition and presents some works - in the background Wax by Guo-xiang YUAN, on the left Rooibos Teabag Dress by Mascha Mioni
Editor-in-chief Beatrijs Sterk reviews the 4th Art to Wear book of Mascha Mioni's creations in the art magazine textile forum
"... In the introductory text the art-critic Marianne Mittelholzer emphasizes, that the art of Mascha Mioni consists of balancing the virtuosic mastery of technique and the inspired presentation of thoughts, feelings and visions."
textile forum 2/2012, S. 46