Eriko horiki biography sample

          Horiki came from neither an art nor a craft background..

          Eriko Horiki's second special issue features the washi artist's work since Thirty years since establishing her company in , her work continues to.

        1. Eriko Horiki, a washi (traditional Japanese paper) designer who lives in Kyoto and who has recieved many prestigious awards, created and supervised the “.
        2. Horiki came from neither an art nor a craft background.
        3. Eriko Horiki has found innovative ways to incorporate traditional washi into modern interior spaces.
        4. Eriko Horiki.

          5. HORIKI Eriko: Pioneer on the Washi Frontier

          Traditional handmade washi paper can be found everywhere in Japan, from name cards to beautiful wrapping paper. But washi as large format installation art, using paper tapestries up to 50 feet long, brings this ancient process to a new artistic level altogether.

          HORIKI Eriko is one of Japan’s most successful contemporary artists.

          Her showroom and headquarters occupy a stunning, minimalist space in downtown Kyoto, on tree-lined Oike Blvd. Once you see one of her large-scale works, the concept of washi will never be the same. As Horiki slides one 15 foot long piece of washi art after another on ceiling tracks, the paper reveals snatches of its beauty: thin fibers creating delicate swirls around tiny bits of mulberry bark, long coarse strips of bark floating dramatically in what looks like churning whirlpools.

          Washi’s inherent beauty is enhanced by light, and as Horiki slowly shifts the light source from the front to the back of the