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| 12-58-328
Noto-cho, Nishinomiya-city, Hyogo-ken., Japan 662-0838 |
| 1948,
Hyogo-ken |
1972
Itoh School of Dress Making
1985-95 Hand-Spinning, Tekisui Institute of Woven Textiles
1992 Workshop by Boss Jamieson, Shetland Islands
1994 Hand spinning course, Kawashima Textile School |
1986-99 Group exhibition:
'Spinning Wheel'
1987-88 Group event: 'Muni's Christmas show'
1988-92 Group show: 'Atelier Folk law' |
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1993 Second prize for
'Fine Wool Spun Yarn', at the '4th World Congress of Coloured Sheep and
Coloured Fibres of Animal Origin', York |
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1994-1999, 2001 |
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1967-70 PR assistant, Meituu Advertising
Company
1972-76 Dress making & shop assistant.
1982-94 Shop assistant
2000-01 Teaching assistant for hand spinning, Itami Crafts Centre
2000- Freelance teaching - Dress making, Felt making, and Spinning
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Tetuko Itoh's earlier knitwear pieces were very orthodox, using her own
beautifully crafted hand-spun yarns, made from dog hair. We all enjoyed
the skill with which she used the different grades and textures of dog hair,
which can vary from the very soft to the coarse, depending on the dog's
age. She is fortunate to share a rich creative environment with her sister,
who is a Textile Artist and Art College tutor. Sometimes she has acted as
an assistant to her sister's various Art & Crafts activities. It took
quite while for her to break free of her cautious approach and move towards
more expressiveness, and this finally began to happen with her 'Tree' series.
From this point on she left her mannequin behind and went on to develop
her own original shapes and body structures. |
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