By Regina Connell.
The Workshop Residence is where craft, art, and design come together, and is one of the smartest, coolest places in San Francisco. (We’ll be talking about them more in the coming weeks.)
But to whet your appetite a little, here’s a little from our recent visit to the Workshop to see the team there preparing for an Opening to celebrate their current residency and workshop: Yukata-style Kimono making with Tsuyo Onodera and Maki Aizawa.
Tsuyo Onodera has devoted fifty years of her life to the art of kimono making in Japan, having trained hundreds of students to become licensed kimono makers during five year long apprenticeships at her school in Sendai, Japan (catastrophically damaged in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.) Working on the project is her daughter, Sonoma-based artist Maki Aizawa.
The Opening, on May 4 from 12 pm-5 pm, is the culmination of the wildly successful spring 2013 sold-out workshop where participants learned to make yukata-style kimono. (The workshop will be reprised in Fall 2013.) Come see the yukata kimonos made during the workshop, as well as printed linen pillows and aprons made during their residency.
Details
http://www.theworkshopresidence.com
12:00 – 5:00 833 22nd Street, San Francisco 415 285 2050
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