Art, textiles, perfection etc

[oursin]

This afternoon to the British Museum to see Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan, which is lovely - well worth the seeing.

Thoughts:

The far less rigid art/craft division that seems to be part of Japanese culture.

The combination of traditional forms and techniques with more contemporary techniques and themes.

Textiles are so a significant part of their

Comments

[serrana]

Sadly, a lot of the traditional Japanese textile arts have fallen by the wayside in the last decade, since kimono-wearing has given way to mass-produced Western clothing.

There was a wonderful shop in Berkeley for many years called Kasuri Dyeworks that sold high-end Japanese fabrics and traditional garments, which closed about three years ago because they're just not made any more. I very much treasure the things I brought home from there, even if there's not much call in my life right now for heavy silk haori....

[moon_custafer]

Magic Pony in Toronto held an exhibit last year of modern kimono; some references to how a lot of kimono "rules" date only to the last century.