• Wednesday January 22nd, 2014

Event

Naoko Shimoda handcraft exhibition – handicrafts are interesting!
February 1, 2014 (sat) – February 24, 2014 (mon)
Admission: Adults: 800yen(600)
Students (high school and university): 600yen (400)
Students (elementary and junior high school): 400yen (200)
* Prices shown in ( ) indicate advance/group (more than 10 persons) /
persons with disabilities are admitted free with one accompanying person each discount tickets.
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Venue

 
Museum “Eki” KYOTO
http://kyoto.wjr-isetan.co.jp.e.do.hp.transer.com/
Access: Higashi-Shiokoji, Shiokoji-Sagaru Karasuma St,
Shimogyou-ku, Kyoto 600-8555, Japan
Tel: 075-352-1111
Hours: 10:00 ~ 20:00 (entry up to 30 minutes before closing.)
(last day closing at 17:00) 
Closed:

Description

After having played an active part as knit designer in “little Cyclops” or “FICCE UOMO” which were predominant in generation in the 1980s, handicrafts writer Naoko Shimoda crosses to United States New York and we are charmed by simple folk art and antique material and walk way as handicrafts writer. We published knit work which we designed by oneself serially in “woolen yarn lump” (Japanese vogue company) and, after returning home, won great popularity and were chosen as one of today’s writer with seri*銈kai and Fukumi Shimura by “modern dyeing and weaving” exhibition held in Fukushima Prefectural Museum in 1993. “Crochet is interesting” and “crochet is good,” publishes (together the culture publication station) for 2,006 years for 2,005 years, and it is exceptional blockbuster product selling higher than 100,000 copies as handicrafts book and acquires wide constituency. We announce book of handicrafts for various genres afterwards. The total sales number of copies amounts than Part 700000. As for the style, technique such as patchwork, embroidery, applique, knitting, sewing makes full use of various kinds of material such as antique lace and cloth, beads, felt which we gathered by oneself from the start and are produced and show multi-yellowtail which there is not in handicrafts world. In addition, we are said to be “instigator of handmade bag”.
It is display with bag and accessory of masterpiece, work and having not yet occurred principal crop, approximately 350 points including new work to be said to be pop art work beyond handicrafts including accessories including knit work produced early by book exhibition. We are convinced when you can feel splendor, pleasure, importance of “creating things by hand” colored by high technique and coloration that we did lively, the richness of material some other time. Please enjoy the world of charisma Naoko Shimoda of handicrafts world.
■Booking entering a building ticket information:
Sale place: Museum “Eki” KYOTO ticket window: Until December 23 Monday (holiday) – Wednesday, January 29
Kyoto Station building information: December 23 Monday (holiday) – Friday, January 31
■Discount entering a building ticket information: December 23 Monday (holiday) – Monday, February 24
Sale place: Lawson ticket (TEL0570-00-0777), Lawson (L cord 59022), Seven-Eleven, CN ticket agency, FamilyMart, E plus, each Kyoto Shimbun Cultural Center others ticket agency.
■Sponsorship: Kyoto Shimbun-sha
■Cooperation: MOTIF, Japanese vogue company, the culture publication station
■Plan production: Northing Masako, contact lenses

Event

[Naoko Shimoda autograph session]
On the day of the autograph session, we hand participation ticket to 100 purchase first arrival in this exhibition pictorial record.
■From Saturday, February 1 (1) 11:00 a.m. from (2) 2:00 p.m.
■Museum “Eki” KYOTO
[workshop information]
[I can do it, too and challenge cross-stitching!] ■On Sunday, February 2, it is around one hour from 11:00 a.m. on Monday for three days
■Specially installed meeting place in front of Museum “Eki” KYOTO south elevator
■Capacity: 15 people
■Entrance fee: 1,575 yen
■Participation condition: Anyone can participate
We accept on first-come-first-served basis at Museum entrance counter from 10:00 a.m. of participation hope Sun. on that day.

Profile

It was born in Tokyo for 1,953 years. We are a graduate from Institute of culture clothes handicraft department for 1,973 years. We work as knit designer in “little Cyclops” “FICCE UOMO”. We stay in visit to the United States, New York afterwards for two and a half years. We begin activity as handicrafts writer after returning home. We are chosen as one of the today’s writers by “modern dyeing and weaving” held in Fukushima Prefectural Museum in 1993. We open handicrafts school “MOTIF” in 1998. To date approximately 30 books are published.