The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Shoko Nomura
Japan
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Synchronize Crossing
Size: H3.5m × W2.0m
Materials: WASHI (Japanese paper)
Date: 2005
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Andscope (detail)
Size: H2.6m × W1.2m × D3.2m
Material: WASHI (Japanese paper)
Date: 2006
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Worlds End Party
Size: H5.0m × W8.0m
Material: WASHI (Japanese paper)
Date: 2006
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Landscope
Size: H2.7m × W5.4m × D5.4m
Material: WASHI (Japanese paper)
Date: 2008
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Curtain Curtain
Size: H2.6m × W5.2m × D3.0m
Material: polyester
Date: 2009
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Curtain
Size: H2.8m × W3.0m × 2
Material: rayon
Date: 2009
Shoko Nomura
She uses the Japanese traditional technique for making scroll mounts, interleaving and layering tiny strips of washi paper and glue to produce a rigid structure that retains one of the essential qualities of washi – that of the softness of permeated light.
Artist's Statement