To book an upcoming textile tour to Japan with Okan Arts +click here
Join Patricia Belyea as she chats with Amy Katoh, an expat in Tokyo who’s shared Japan Blue with the world for the last five decades.
Amy, a champion of Japanese crafts and the owner of Blue & White, is an over-the top aficionado of Japanese folk textiles—indigo, kasuri, ikat, boro, and more.
To see the Zoom recording of the Okan Arts Chat +click here
To visit the Blue & White website +click here
To get on the Blue & White e-mailing list, please send a request to: shop@blueandwhitejapan.com
Instagram Handles:
Blue & White: #blueandwhite_japan
Okan Arts: #okanarts
Meiko Kobayashi (gal in boro coat): #raku111
Old Industrial Japan: #oldindustrial
Sri Threads: #srithreads
Discussed in the Chat:
engimono—lucky symbols
mottanai—making do
boro—rags
Otafuku—Japanese folk goddess of joy
yukata—casual cotton kimono
tenugui—Japanese hand towels
ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan.
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