Collect Week: Yoriko Murayama - 5 Minutes with a Friend
Yoriko Murayama, a Kyoto-based textile artist whose work explores the familiar form of a house through intricate weavings and three-dimensional sculptures, is the focus of our Collect Special today.
Using traditional Ikat techniques and natural indigo dyes, she creates nostalgic pieces from silk, ramie, horsehair, and Japanese pagoda tree, blending heritage craftsmanship with deeply personal storytelling.
What is your first memory of textiles?
When I was a toddler, my mother re-tailored her old kimono into a quilt for me. I loved the pattern of the flowers dyed in pink and azure on a reddish-purple background.
Where is your most inspiring space/ place to create?
Places with beautiful landscapes (nature, old town).
Where did you learn your craft?
Kyoto city university of Art -department of Crafts, Dyeing and Weaving, Japan
What is the inspiration behind your work for Collect 2025?
The beauty of the materials the yarns themselves and the damp air that flow through the windows, as if it could rain at any moment.
What is it you love about textiles?
The overlapping of warp and weft yarns to create completely new colours and textures.
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Further Information:
Website: Yoriko Murayama
Instagram: @yori_com
Yoriko Murayama at Flow Gallery
Yoriko Murayama at Collect 2025
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Image Credits:
All images courtesy of Yoriko Murayama