Workshop in 2008 Forum,
August 7th
Ms.Shoko YADE, Katazome with Natural dyes and pigments

August 8th
Dr.Haruo SEKIZAKI, making “SHIUNKO” with MURASAKI

Lecture & Workshop
August 10th
Dr.Izumi FUMOTO, Science of MURASAKI, Dyeing with Murasaki

Science Cafe
August 2nd
Dr.Hideo BANDO, Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University
Ms.Sumiyo UMENO

August 8th
Dr.Mareshige KOJOMA, Health Science University of Hokkaido

Symposium, Workshop, Science Cafe, Exposition, Field Trip, Book Fair
About Organization
Natural Dyes and Pigments Conference
NGO Earth Network

Joint host : Hokkaido division, Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy

PROGRAM
2nd AUGUST 13:30 to 16:30 Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University
Science Cafe

4th to 6th AUGUST 10:00 to 18:00 Otaru-shi Koukaido
Exposition “Nanbu Shikon-zome” by SOSHIDO KIMONO dyed using MURASAKI

7th AUGUST
10:00 to 12:00 Field Trip Hokkaido Institute of Public Health
13:30 to 15:30 Workshop “KATAZOME using natural dyes & pigments” in ENYU-GAKUSYA Hokkaido University

8th AUGUST Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
School of Psychological Science
10:00 to 12:00 Field Trip Medicinal Botanic Garden
13:00 to 16:00 Workshop “Making SHIUNKO : ointment using Murasaki”
18:00 to 19:30 Science Cafe, in KINOKUNIYA BOOK SHOP Sapporo

9th AUGUST Hokkaido University
9:30 to 11:30 The 5th NDPC Meeting
13:00 to 17:30 Symposium
Dr.Haruo SEKIZAKI, Health Science University of Hokkaido
Dr.Dominique Cardon, Research director,UMR 5648,CNRS,Lyons,France
Dr.Toshiro SHIBATA, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources,Natural Institute of
Biomedical Innovation
Mr.Shigeki FUJITA, SOSHIDO, Nanbu-MURASAKI
Dr.Satoshi USHIDA, Mukogawa Women’s University
Pro.Jun KATAOKA, Ryukyu University
Ms.Hisako SUMI, NGO Earth Network
Ms.Keiko MIZUNO, HOHSUIDO Collection

10th AUGUST
12:30 to 16:00Nayoro City University
Workshop ” Dyeing with Shikon”
16:30 to 18:30 Hokkaido Division, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resource, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
Field Trip
Cooperation:Communicators in Science and Technology Education Program

We have added a new section, “Events,” which in this issue features the “Blue” exhibition at the Textile Museum.
In the future, youcan send in notifications of your upcoming exhibitions of natural dyed works and they will be posted in the next issue.

Best,
Pamela Feldman
Publisher and Editor
Turkey Red Journal

Date: April 10th-13th
Space: La Muse KEYAKI
Workshop: Every Days!

This information is from Jenny Balfour-Paul. Hisako SUMI

BLUE
The human perception of color is a complex sensory phenomenon filtered through the eyes, brain, language and multiple layers of social experience. While shades of red (examined in the 2007 Textile Museum exhibition RED) quicken the pulse and increase blood pressure, blue induces a calming effect and is widely perceived as a “cool,” tranquil color.

BLUE explores the creation and meaning of the color blue on textiles produced across time and place, with particular emphasis on contemporary artists’ use of natural indigo dyes. Until the invention of chemical dyes in the late 19th century, peoples worldwide relied largely on indigo-bearing plants to achieve blue-colored garments, household furnishings, artworks and even body paint. Many cultures attributed talismanic properties as well as health benefits to indigo, and the mysterious transformation of this temperamental dye has long been steeped in myth and magic.

The exhibition features blue textiles ranging from Greco-Roman and pre-Columbian tunic fragments to installations by internationally renowned artists. Hiroyuki Shindo, a Japanese artist who grows and processes his own indigo to produce innovatively patterned textiles, as well as Maria Eugenia Davila and Eduardo Portillo, who raise silkworms and dye threads with natural dyes in Venezuela, highlight the ways that artists around the world are embracing this ancient dye to create works that speak to their own experience.

BLUE is curated by Lee Talbot, Assistant Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections, and Mattiebelle Gittinger, Research Associate, Southeast Asian Textiles.

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Hiroyuki Shindo, Shindigo Space 07 (detail), 2006
‘Shindigo shibori’-dyed cotton and hemp and Shindigo
balls

She is social welfare counselor, and she try to dye and weave using natural resources in Uganda.

Making pigments and dyestuff from many regional plants, wood ash, vinegar, spring water and etc are very important to help Uganda people,

Earth Network consists of professional and non-professional members with a variety of talents, skills and backgrounds including chemists, dyers, painters, teachers, architects, government employees, graphic ,web or industrialdesigners and others.

With these human resources, we hope to contribute to a better future human life using natural colors.

The main activities of Earth Network are:

- to carry out R&D on 100% natural pigments, dyes and solvents utilizing many types of materials, such as plants, clays, minerals, insects and shellfish.
- to hold workshops nationwide in order to create teaching materials and spread skill and information to the public.
- to exchange information through international networks and preserve the dyeing traditions which have been handed down in Japan and many other cultures around the world.
- to deal in our products and dispatch our staff all aver the world

Our goal and hope is for more and more people to become aware of the natural colors and materials and the beauty and wonder of nature that comes from them.

Japanese AKANE=Rubia akane

Winter bud MURASAKI=Lithospermum officinale L.,var.
erythrorhizon Maxim.

UNESCO International Symposium&Workshop On Natural Dyes
6-12 November 2006, Hyderabad, INDIA
Protecting natural dye-plants and traditional dyeing-technique in japan.

unesco2006_presentation_en.pdf(3492.6KB)

unesco2006_summary_en.pdf( 86.0KB)