MIKA TOBA

Lives and works in Aichi.
Born in Aichi, Japan

MIKA TOBA’s KATAZOME PROCESS
Katazome is an art form to create patterns through complicated process—draw patterns, then produce “ Katagami”, by cutting a washi stencil paper in accordance with the drawing, and then, place resist paste over the blank space so that dye would not spread— a totally different process from the painting. It requires 18 different process of no return, and many talented craft persons wit high level of technique were involved to develop this Katazome method over many centuries in Japan.

SELECTED WORKS

CRISP-Nishi no Kyo, 2010

Silk, Dyeing, set of 3
201 x 500 cm

Lake of Legend, 2021

Silk, Dyeing
59 x 77.6 cm

The Return in the Midst of Fine Rainfall, 2021

Silk, Dyeing
522 x 190 cm

Saigon, the City in Transition, set of 2, 1997

Silk, Dyeing
167 x 192 cm

Lake of Legend 2, 2021

Silk, Dyeing
76 x 55.5 cm

On the Edges of the Rainy Season, 2022

Silk, Dyeing
90 x 60 cm

Saigon, the Vanishing City, set of 2, 1997

Silk, Dyeing
167 x 192 cm

Calm, 2021

Silk, Dyeing
65 x 44 mm

A Lake of Legends - Moa Hoon, 2017

Silk, Dyeing
90.9 x 66.2 cm

After the Rain, set of 3, 2020

Silk, Dyeing
290 x 225 cm