Okan Arts Quilting & Textile Tours to Japan are open for booking. To learn more +click here Join Patricia Belyea as she chats with Amy Katoh, an expat in Tokyo who’s shared Japan Blue with the world for the last five decades. Amy, a champion of Japanese crafts and the owner of Blue & White, is an over-the top aficionado of Japanese folk textiles—indigo, kasuri, ikat, boro, and more. To see the Zoom recording of the Okan Arts Chat +click here To visit the Blue & White website +click here To get on the Blue & White e-mailing list, please send a request to: [email protected] Instagram Handles:Blue & White: #blueandwhite_japanOkan Arts: #okanartsMeiko Kobayashi (gal in boro coat): #raku111Old Industrial Japan: #oldindustrialSri Threads: #srithreads Discussed in the Chat:engimono—lucky symbolsmottanai—making doboro—ragsOtafuku—Japanese folk goddess of joyyukata—casual cotton kimonotenugui—Japanese hand towels ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan. FOLLOW OKAN ARTS ON INSTAGRAM @okanarts
