[Faculty of Architecture & Arts] Workshop held at JTC Textile's Future Form in Takarazuka 2025

February 22 (Sat.) - March 23 (Sun.) "JTC Textiles in the Future in Takarazuka 2025" will be held at Takarazuka Municipal Cultural Arts Center, organized by JTC Textile Council and Takarazuka Municipal Cultural Arts Center. Otemae University From Faculty of Architecture & Arts, Imafuku Professor, the head of , and Arita Lecturer, the head of Part-time Lecturer, are exhibiting their works.
In addition, a workshop titled "Let's Dye Scarves with Plant Dyes" by Imafuku Professor and Arita Lecturer will be held on March 1 (Sat) at the Garden House in the Takarazuka Cultural Arts Center. The workshop was held at the Garden House in the Takarazuka Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, January 1, 2012.
The workshop was attended by 14 groups of 15 people who had registered in advance. At the beginning of the workshop, Imafuku Professor explained about ancient dyeing, mordant and vegetable dyeing methods, and how to make gradations using a splittable chopstick and marbles, and participants started working on their own. Students from Otemae University Faculty of Architecture & Arts, majoring in dyeing and crafts, assisted them in their work. After soaking the scarf in mordant solution made of aluminum and iron, the participants chose their favorite color from three kinds of vegetable dye solutions made by boiling suho (suho color), astringent wood (mountain ash color), and logwood (purple). Everyone was creative in choosing multiple colors or repeating the process of mordanting and dyeing to achieve a darker color. While working, it was difficult to get an image of the finished product, and the participants were in a state of groping. However, when the dyeing process was completed and the threads and elastic were untied, the vivid colors and various patterns were beautifully drawn on the processed parts, and people were cheering from all over.
Finally, a commemorative photo was taken in the main garden with the unique and original scarves created by the participants in the background.

(Source: School Public Relations)