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About Hiroko Takeda
Hiroko was brought up in Japan and trained there in the tradition of the Mingei Undou (Japanese Arts and Crafts Movement). Hiroko’s art and design work has been commissioned by private collectors and leading architects worldwide. Prior to opening her studio in New York, she was senior designer at the Jack Larsen Studio and designer at Kawashima Textile in Tokyo and Kyoto. Hiroko received an MA in Constructed Textiles from the Royal College of Art in London. She has received the International Textile Award in Tokyo, the ICFF Editors Award for craftsmanship, and the Jack Larsen Contemporary Textile Award
An all-encompassing peace
The near ocean and distant sky are weaved into a gentle expanse of blue. Experimenting with perspective, this textile piece lulls us into a three-dimensional seeing — lateral, vertical and topographical — such that nature is experienced as an all-encompassing peace
