011: Elli Sawada / Japan / A textile researcher weaves together her own definition of home

BIO: Elli is a natural dyer, weaver, and textile researcher currently based in Los Angeles. After studying Anthropology at Brown University, she moved to Kyoto to learn the process of making kimonos. She nurtures her roots by weaving across the Pacific discovering lost threads, gathering colors, and finding her own sense of home.
ROOTS: Japan
FRUIT: Elli weaves together her expertise in anthropological discovery, her experience apprenticing under Master natural dyer and kimono weaver, and her ancestral heritage in farming, to color her own curation of self and home.
INFO https://eys.myportfolio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/eys_textiles/
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About the Host:
https://momokonakamura.com/