Lives and works in Aichi.
Born in Aichi, Japan

MIKA TOBA’s KATAZOME PROCESS
Katazome is an art form to create patterns through complicated process—draw patterns, then produce “ Katagami”, by cutting a washi stencil paper in accordance with the drawing,　and then, place resist paste over the blank space so that dye would not spread— a totally different process from the painting. It requires 18 different process of no return, and many talented craft persons wit high level of technique were involved to develop this Katazome method over many centuries in Japan.