Collect Week: Yoriko Murayama - 5 Minutes with a Friend

Yoriko Murayama, a Kyoto-based textile artist whose work explores the familiar form of a house through intricate weavings and three-dimensional sculptures, is the focus of our Collect Special today.

Using traditional Ikat techniques and natural indigo dyes, she creates nostalgic pieces from silk, ramie, horsehair, and Japanese pagoda tree, blending heritage craftsmanship with deeply personal storytelling.

What is your first memory of textiles?

When I was a toddler, my mother re-tailored her old kimono into a quilt for me. I loved the pattern of the flowers dyed in pink and azure on a reddish-purple background.

Where is your most inspiring space/ place to create?

Places with beautiful landscapes (nature, old town).

(...)

Want to read more of this article?
We are proud to be a ​subscriber-funded publication with members in 185 countries. We know our readership is passionate about textiles, so we invite you to help us preserve and promote the stories, memories, and histories that fabric holds. Your support allows us to publish our magazine, and also ‘what's on’ information, and subscription interviews, reviews, and ​long-read articles in our online blog. 

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? CLICK HERE TO ACCESS CONTENT

OR...to continue reading….


*Magazine subscribers automatically get free access to all our online content. We send the access code by email with the publication of each issue. You will also find it on the envelope containing your magazine. Please note the access code changes every issue.*