Machiko Agano

Machiko Agano

The beautiful work of Japanese installation artist Machiko Agano. Initially trained as a weaver and currently professor in the Textile department of the Kyoto Seika University, she explores the artistic possibilities of large-scale knitting with materials such as silk, fishing line and wire. The effect she creates through this technique is so delicate and ethereal...I think her installations are absolutely sublime. Her more structural works use bamboo, paper sheeting and organza but still have a highly organic quality. Incredible stuff.

Photos via the artist's website, Transition & Influence, InDesign and Cheuk Wan Chi.

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