Arte e Cultura
Itchiku Kubota Features in Cas Holmes's New Book 'Textile Landscape, Painting with Cloth in Mixed Media'
In the book, Cas explores the effect our local landscape has on our own memories and imagination – The book showcases the author's own personal, local pieces and travel diaries, as well as work from international artists, including Itchiku Kubota's series from the collection.
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Marking the launch of the book, Cas is exhibiting at the Knitting and Stitching Show from 11-14 October 2018 at Alexandra Palace, London .
Cas Holmes is one of the UK's most renowned textile artists. She exhibits widely and runs courses at the internationally famous West Dean College . She has written for magazines including Embroidery Magazine, and has contributed to online publications including . She is the author of and co-author of also published by Batsford.
Itchiku Kubota, (1917-2003) is considered to be one of the most important Japanese textile artists of the 20 century. He was inspired to create his artistic kimono using , a long lost 17 century technique he spent 30 years re-inventing. By combining his own vision with the techniques of , he created " ".
The Kubota Collection is managed by the International Chodiev Foundation ("ICF"), the charitable foundation established by Dr Patokh Chodiev. Since 2013, the ICF has funded exhibitions of the kimono in 14 countries including Russia , Kazakhstan , The Netherlands , France , Belgium , USA and Canada , showcasing Kubota's art to more than 500,000 * visitors.
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