enundo film screening + dicussion
Sun, Jun 16
|Honolulu
remnant & co will be doing a final screening of their 30 min documentary featuring akihiko izukura's journey into the world of silk and discussion panel with director kazuki fujimoto from kyoto, japan.
Time & Location
Jun 16, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Honolulu, 307 Kamani St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Guests
About the event
Akihiko Izukura (retired) legacy is carried on by his students at Remnant & co. Izukura, a Japanese master of dyeing and weaving, works primarily in silk by transforming thread into “wind-like” fabrics. He also creates a wide range of functional and brilliant modern garments with traditional weaving and knitting techniques. He hand dyes silk with subtle colors made only from natural materials, such as madder, persimmon and chestnut, following a process that is over 2000 years old. Many of his works and outfits have been exhibited in New York, Vienna and Copenhagen. He is considered to be a national treasure on Japan. Fishcake would like to welcome back the troupe since their last visit in 2012.
“Izukura was born in 1942 to a family in the kimono industry in the traditional Nishijin textile district of Kyoto. Destiny forced him to take over the family business, Hinaya, amidst his studies as…