- Date: May 11 - Aug. 14, 2016
- Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm (closed on Mondays)
- Venue: NTCRI Taipei Branch
- Address: No. 41 Nanhai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (NTCRI) held a special exhibition featuring fiber crafts from Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea at its Taipei Branch to promote the fiber crafts of East Asia.
The exhibition recreated the work scenes of fiber-crafting organizations and workshops from Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, presenting their creation processes, materials, tools, and products through four sections. Three documentaries on their workshops were also screened at the exhibition.
In recent years, the NTCRI has reorganized fiber-crafting organizations and workshops throughout Taiwan based on its fiber crafts research program. The program is aimed at gathering comprehensive research on the weaving and hand-dye arts in Taiwan.
For this exhibition, the NTCRI invited fifteen organizations and workshops from Taiwan, the Kansai region of Japan, and South Korea to present the development of fiber crafts in each country.
Lala Ban (新社香蕉絲工坊) based in Hualien County has reconnected the Kavalan aboriginal tribe with their lands and culture by reviving the traditional Kavalan banana fiber crafts.
Others combine various materials to create crafts with different techniques, such as Cotton (棉麻屋) based in Taitung County, which offers products that are crocheted by 37 mothers of aboriginal descent.
Simiarly, products made of ramie fabric have been successfully promoted by Korean artist Kim Hyo-joong (center), whose sewing technique has created practical and aesthetically tasteful works.
Additional forums were held with visiting artists from Japan and Korea to share the art of East Asia’s fiber crafts.