Date: 26 October 2023
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm BST
Tutor: Mie Ishii
Price: £25.00
Location: Zoom
Please register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/726109953417?aff=oddtdtcreator
More information: https://academicprojects.co.uk/courses/conservation-and-care-of-japanese-textiles/
There will be a 55 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of discussion.
This presentation includes a short history of the Japanese kimono in terms of materials and technique, traditional maintenance, tips for storage and display and the cultural preservation policy in Japan and in particular its relation to kimono conservation. Dr. Ishii draws on her interest in, and experience of, the continuation of traditional techniques to ensure that tangible cultural properties are passed down to future generations, while at the same time conducting scientific studies into topics such as the analysis of natural dyes, color fading caused by museum lighting, and testing conservation materials such as synthetic adhesives.
Mie Ishii is an associate professor at Saga University in Japan. She teaches textile conservation and museum conservation studies. She has conducted textile conservation workshops in Armenia and Taiwan, and has organised an international course for ICCROM in Japan . She is a team leader for textiles for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project with the Conservation Centre in the Grand Egyptian Museum. She studied textile conservation at the Textile Conservation Center affiliated with the Courtauld Institute of Art in the UK, was a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Department of Textile Conservation and also a Japan Ministry of Culture overseas researcher at the Fitzwilliam Museum Department of Antiquities, University of Cambridge.
Featured image: Furisode © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
