Hiromi Nomoto Nishijin Claw Cloth Binding Weaving／Kyoto Prefecture
Biography
1948 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1969 Graduated from Heian Women's Junior College, Kyoto, Japan with a degree in English Literature
1971 Graduated from Ikenobo Bunka Gakuin, majoring in Ikebana and Tea Ceremony.
1969: Studied weaving under his father, Shigeo Yasuda, a Kyoto City traditional craftsman
1994: Certified as a successor to the Kyoto craftsman.
2001: Certified as a traditional craftsman
2006 Teaches weaving every year at Kyoto Gosho Minami Elementary School
2011: Certified as a "Kyoto Master Craftsman" by the City of Kyoto as a person of merit for traditional industry.
2012 Exhibited at the Kyoto Master Craftsmen "Shunjuukai
2022 Exhibited at JFW JAPAN CREATION 2022
2023 Exhibit at JFW JAPAN CREATION 2023
Awards
1996 Received the Kyoto Newspaper Award for design and weaving at the HON BOSHI Excellent Works Exhibition (work: statue of the Bodhisattva Sacred Kannon)
2003 Selected for the Traditional Crafts Competition
2006: Selected for the Traditional Crafts Competition, Japan
2023: Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
Profile
What inspired you to get into this work?
My father, mother, and grandmother earned their living as weavers.
My mother taught me that a woman should have a job that would enable her to earn a living for the rest of her life.
Since I grew up with a lot of looms in the house, I naturally became interested in weaving and aspired to become a weaver.
What do you keep in mind when creating your work?
In today's world of mechanization and uniform standards, handmade work that expresses one's own thoughts and feelings can be felt with the warmth of the weaver's hands, making the user feel happy. Nail-weaving, which requires delicacy, expresses the three-dimensionality and movement of a painting in a textile.
It also requires constant concentration, and one must eliminate everything else before beginning production.
What do you want to achieve from now on? Or how do you want to live?
We will make every effort to help traditional crafts develop more and more with the understanding and love of people around the world.
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