February 2024 Meeting: Japanese Textiles Talk

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 21st February at 6.30pm when we'll be learning about Japanese textiles.

Rob Jones, a textile designer, will give us a talk about Japanese textiles crafts, discussing the origins and history and daily usage of the following crafts:

• Shibori resist dyeing
• Katagami stencilling
• Sashiko embroidery
• Boro
• Kogin counted thread Sashiko
• Kasuri weaving

Rob will bring examples of all these vintage textiles for us to see, including examples of his own work. He will explain how he came to be a Japanese textiles designer/maker and teacher and tell us a few tales of his trips to Japan to learn with his sensei and internationally renowned Japanese textiles artist, Bryan Whitehead.

There will be time for questions at the end.

At the event he also bring along a small selection of his own work to sell alongside books on some of the crafts and some kits with needles, threads and patches.

See his website, https://www.romordesigns.com/ for more information about Rob and his work.

We meet at 6.30pm in the Upper Vestry Hall of St George's, Bloomsbury (entrance on Little Russell Street). Visitors are always welcome, you can email us for more info or just turn up on the evening!