Probably a little late to paln for but the International Shibori Symposium is kicking off with a great panel and very interesting speakers on December 28th in Hong Kong. You can see the upcoming program here: http://8iss.wordpress.com/

 

Presenters 

  • Michel GARCIA (FR), Botanist; Natural Dye Chemist; Founder, Assoc. Couleur Garance, Lauris
  • Rta Kapur CHISHTI (INDIA), Author; Researcher; Founder, Ananda Textile Developments Pvt Ltd., Curator, “Khadi: Fabric of Freedom” 
  • Jack Lenor LARSEN (USA), Textile Designer, Author and Collector, Long House Reserve, NY
  • Makiko MINAGAWA (JPN), Director of Textile Design at Issey Miyake Design Studio and Director of “Haat”
  • Xiao-Ming TAO (HK), Chair Professor of Textile Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Feng ZHAO (CHINA), Expert on Chinese Archaeological Textiles; Director, China National Silk Museum