The Art of Japanese Shibori with Lynne Brotman
An Austin School of Fiber Arts Lecture
April 20, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Doors Open 5:30
This event will take place in-person and online.
$15 General Admission
$10 Students with ID and NCHM Members
$5 Fiber Arts Guild Members
Join us for an evening of exploration and learning with our Master Artists. Learn about their work, inspirations, techniques, and the development of their art. Refreshments will be served. Bring the family or a friend.
Lynne Brotman is a veteran Shibori Artist who will speak on the history of this Japanese art tradition. Follow her down the Tokaido Road to learn when and how Shibori (resist dyeing) was created and progressed. It is now a dying art form in Japan. She will cover the current issues the master Shibori artisans are facing and introduce the artists who are trying to keep it alive. Learn their unique techniques, about their tools and how Shibori is portrayed in Japanese woodblock prints.
A translator will be provided for the hearing-impaired.
Additionally, Still Austin will be onsite to provide us with their delicious cocktails.
About the Lecturer
Lynne Brotman is a fiber/mixed media artist based in Austin, Texas. Her work has been juried into several exhibitions including, The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles High Fiber and Fiber Art at Poudre Studio and Gallery and most recently Soul of America in Georgetown Art Gallery. She has completed artists residencies in Japan and Mexico and will travel to Sardinia, Italy to complete a third. Her work utilizes cross-cultural symbolism, especially pertaining to color and texture and its effect on our beliefs and actions. She is active in raising awareness for fiber art, both nationally and local.
Symbology is the study of past and present symbols that have become engrained into our being. Symbols signify our existence and our connections with the world around us illustrating feelings such as, "I have been here," " I believe this," and "I am like others." They mark the roadmaps of my work, both in their presentation and in their interpretation by the viewer. Symbols determine the colors and mediums I incorporate into each piece. Building layers of rich color, through mediums such as dyeing, fiber manipulation, printing, and/or mark-making, Brotman embarks on a journey where she develops her own personal symbology. Her vision is to give voice to our stories and experiences through the tactile medium of fiber.
Whenever you’ve hugged your blanket, turned the page of a book, tried on a new outfit, you have experienced the fiber arts.
The inception of the Austin School of Fiber Arts captures all these experiences by teaching the art of fiber in our master workshops. We are on a mission to educate, preserve and communicate appreciation for these ancient art forms.
Our instructors have expertise in weaving, fabric sculpture, surface design, artful dolls, embroidery, bookmaking and the paper arts. There is an opportunity for everyone to learn as a beginner and intermediate participant. Our master workshops are led by experienced artists over a period of days and our community workshops are meant as an introduction to specific techniques of creating.
The school presents an opportunity to learn about an artist and their practice through a monthly lecture series open to everyone. At our lectures, an interpreter for the hearing-impaired is present to create an environment for as many people as possible to learn and participate.
