Sample 'Ripple Reed' of woven nylon and silk, NUNO Corporation, Japan, 1997

Sample of woven blue-grey nylon (50%) and silk (50%). A rippled reed-panel in the loom produces wave like pattern.

Given by NUNO Corporation.

NUNO was founded in 1984 as a commercial venture dealing with all stages of textile creation: planning designing, manufacturing and sales. It is a small company which endeavours to combine the best of the past, by drawing on traditional Japanese aesthetics and creative processes, and combining them with modern technologies.

Attribution note: Manufacturer's note: 'Typically, the 'reeds' (osa) of the loom are flat, but here we have used a loom with rippled reeds, which gives the resultant fabric a liltingly beautiful natural horizontal wave pattern. This technique was formerly most often used together with (karami ori) to weave lightweight summer kimono and sashes. Though today only a few craftspersons remain who can still produce this finely detailed work; and fewer still who can craft the rippled reeds for the loom. At Nuno, we used the tools of their trade to make soft silk scarves. A contribution, we hope, to preserving an endangered art.'
Reason For Production: Retail

The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative.

T.118:19-1998