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YUNOKI SAMIRO exhibition
f rom 14th July to 28th August
at Akita Senshu Museum of Art

　

Welcome to SAMIRO YUNOKI's official site!

Samiro Yunoki is a leading exponent of the traditional Japanese textile dyeing technique(Katazome). While he is best known for his work in this medium, over the last ten years he has become increasingly active in a variety of fields such as glass painting, paintings on wood, monotypes, and using his katazome expertise to create pictures. His works demonstrate a dynamic and appealing simplicity.

In 1986 two works of Yunoki's collected pictures were published. The first, Miyazawa Kenji Enkei ("A Miyazawa Kenji Retrospective") is inspired by the work of Miyazawa Kenji who was a well-known 19th century author of fairy tales, often with an allegorical message. In 1991 Yunoki was the first recipient of the Miyazawa Kenji Award. The second collection, Tabi no Yorokobi ("Happy Voyages") records happy scenes from travels both in Japan and overseas.

Yunoki has also produced many posters, calendars, postcards, book designs, and book illustrations. His first book Maho no Kotoba, (Magic Words) was published by Craft Space WA in 1994. This work features katazome techniques to illustrate the oral poem of the Inupiat people about the evolution of man.

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Hello! I am Samiro Yunoki (In Japanese Yunoki, Samiro) welcome to my website!

On the pages which follow I would like to introduce you to some of my work. I hope that they will give you some pleasure and perhaps a little fun.

I originally trained and worked as a dyer of textiles, principally using the katazome method of stencil dyeing. Recently, I have used this method not only to make patterns and designs but to create pictures. Additionally, over the last ten years I have allowed myself to diversify using other interesting materials, and have had much enjoyment painting on glass and wood, in addition to textiles. I have also experimented with monotype, co-operating with craftsmen specialising in that process. Through this site I hope to introduce you to some of my work. Since it is difficult to show everything at once, we will vary the content occasionally, so do please take a look from time to time, there will be new things to see. I really hope that you will enjoy exploring the site!

Samiro Yunoki
2001/6/6