AKS CoD – Textural Braids I with Masumi Tada

Description

Instructor – Masumi Tada

Japan’s Masumi Tada, the daughter-in-law of internationally recognized kumihimo artist Makiko Tada, has studied kumihimo braiding techniques for more than 20 years, and has worked as Makiko’s assistant for four years. Masumi received a doctoral degree in the replication of ancient historic Japanese braids, contributing to Japanese national treasure restorations. Her studies have included techniques of marudai, takadai, ayatakadai, disk, plate, and Kute-uchi loop braiding, which she sees as the core technique from which many other Japanese braiding techniques evolved.

Equipment Needed:

• Octoplate
• Counterweight
• 24 EZ-Bobs (Optional)

Materials:

• Japanese silk thread, metallic thread or other fiber. Preferably packages of 24 bundles each
• If you do not use Japanese metallic thread, it is best to use a stiff fiber
• When making these textural braids, it is more beautiful to make them with one color
• The amount of fiber is doubled for Textural Braid II. Use your imagination and experiment!

Kit Availability:

• No kit available at this time

 

If you have questions about purchasing process, please email them to education@amksoc.org.

If you have questions about the class itself, send email to: TexturalBraids@amksoc.org

 

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NOTE: This is an edited version of a previously aired Virtual Gathering class.  There may be references to forums that were a part of that original class and discussions that were difficult to edit out.  There may be some abrupt cuts where down time occurred and was edited out.  We feel that the information you will get from these classes is outstanding and we are pleased to be able to capture these classes and share them in a very affordable and on demand fashion.  Thank you for your understanding.

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Enjoy!