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Misao Iwamura was brought up in Kyoto, Japan, a major center for traditional textiles, and learned textile and graphic design at Kyoto City Art School.
She now lives just outside Kyoto, and from her studio she can se Mt.Hiei, from which she gets many inspirations.
Misao worked for a textile manufacturer for many years, designing fabrics and yarns.
As a designer, she had many ideas for weaving, but no actual experience of hand weaving technique. She wanted to understand the whole creative process, from making a spool of yarn to the finished fabric.
Eventually, she decided to leave the company and start weaving for herself, in order to master the entire process.
In 1988, she had her own studio built and since then she has been able to freely design and create her own textiles.
She has held a number of exhibitions in Japan (Kyoto, Tokyo), Europe (Bulgaria, Sweden), and the United States (New York).
Her textiles have been featured in various weaving textile magazines (VAV, etc.) and on the Japanese television program, Oshare koubou.
From 1998 to 2010, Misao was a regular guest lecturer at the Kawashima Textile School in Kyoto, and she has been a member of the Japan Craft Design Association for 10 years.
Her book, Plain Weaving, was published by Bunka Shuppan Press in 2002.


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