sashiko and indigo ll
This piece is made with three to four layers of printmaking, plus sashiko stitches with paper thread.
Contact the artist: tokuart@yahoo.com
Or see the artist’s website: www.kyokofischer.com
Width: 18in
Kyoko Fischer
Kyoko Fischer’s style of artwork is abstract, though she often draws from familiar objects in nature. She is a printmaker and painter, primarily using oil paint, encaustic, cold wax, and etching (intaglio print). Kyoko earned an MFA in Pictorial Art at San Jose State University in 2019. She has received numerous awards for her work, the most recent being 1st place from the Pacific Art League National Print Competition and Exhibition (juried by Valerie Wade) in 2012.
Her work explores the artisan craftwork that people in the Edo era of Japan used daily, called Mingei. As the art and craft of ordinary people, Mingei refers to everyday or "normal" objects. She deeply connects to this era. These ordinary objects had surrounded her when she grew up in Japan, but she never noticed. Perhaps in the realization of how long she’d been in the US, she found herself drawn to Mingei; one example is the ceramic rice bowl with many lines, a pattern she felt she had already subconsciously incorporated in her artwork. This excited her. She knew she had to push herself to explore further and reimagine Mingei.
Email: tokuart@yahoo.com
Website: www.kyokofischer.com
Instagram: kyokofischer
Facebook: kyoko.fischer
