#Katagami Category
MoDA Calendar 2023 now available
MoDA have collaborated with Flame Tree Arts who have produced this calendar for 2023. Featured in the calendar are 12 Katagami (Japanese Stencils) designs from MoDA’s Silver Studio Collection. The calendar is £10.99 and can be purchased here.
Ceres: Artists in Residence 2019
Textile collective ‘Ceres’ were our Artists in Residence at MoDA in 2019, bringing an eco-conscious approach to textile design and inspiration. The aim of the residency was to use objects from MoDA’s collection as a starting point for exploration of natural prints and dyes, in order to raise awareness of sustainability issues in design research. […]
Digital: Digital Platforms to Enable Learning – Figshare
How MoDA has been exploring the use of digital platforms like Figshare to open up learning processes
Cecilia Hughes: Katagami Stencils
Staring at the stencil, layers of a mind-warping visual unfold. The katagami cutout, housed in the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MODA), at first glance seems an abstract optical illusion, its two-toned linear patterns almost moving on the surface. On closer observation, individual sparrows, each unique, emerge from the background. This Japanese stencil dates […]
Caroline Collinge: ‘Waves’ dance performance film
Designer-maker Caroline Collinge was one of the participants in our Katagami in Practice project. Inspired by Japanese paper stencils used within traditional textile printing of kimonos, Caroline’s film Waves draws on the rich textile culture of Japan and the traditional art of paper folding ‘origami’. The title of the piece was suggested by the water and wave […]
Symposium: Japonisme in Design Practice
This symposium was part of the conclusion to the MoDA’s Arts Council England funded research project, Katagami in Practice: Japanese Stencils in the Art School.
Drawing Thoughts, Deconstructing Patterns
How a workshop used drawing as a means of exploring the Japanese stencils, or katagami, from MoDA’s collection
Mamiko Markham: Katagami Findings
What have we found out about the historic background to MoDA's katagami stencils?
Seika University and Oita Prefectural Museum, Japan (2017)
During summer 2017, our Katagami in Practice project made an impact overseas. An exhibition, curated by MoDA’s Zoe Hendon and Serena Dyer, was hosted by Seika University in Kyoto, and the Oita Prefectural Museum in Japan. Japan and the Silver Studio This exhibition explored the influence of Japanese katagami stencils on Western art in the […]
Slow Craft in Action: katagami printing techniques
How do museum objects directly inspire and inform creative studio-based students? That is the question at the heart of MoDA’s current research project, Katagami in Practice: Japanese Stencils in the Art School. Katagami stencils are a traditional tool for applying pattern to cloth: but how can we encourage today’s artists and design practitioners to use […]