top of page
顔写真_染織大小田.jpg

OKODA, Mayuko
大小田 万侑子

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

Biography

Okoda Mayuko, born in 1992 and raised Kanagawa prefecture. In 2011, she entered the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University. At the end of her third year at university, she knew the Stencil dyeing; katazome, a traditional Japanese dyeing technique and started producing. In 2016, she entered the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in art education. In 2021, she completed the doctoral course (Textile Arts) at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, she works as an educational research assistant at the Textile Arts Laboratory of the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.

She creates works using the traditional Japanese technique of stencil dyeing; katazome. The themes of her works are myths, old tales, and legends. she dynamically draws people, animals, plants, and fictional creatures, and creates katazome works that express the Japanese admiration for nature in ancient myths and the reverence for invisible gods.

大小田万侑子_To the other side of the blue sky where I stretched out my hand_330px.png

No.1

To the other side of the blue sky
where I stretched out my hand

280 x 20 x 450 (mm), 2021

wooden cloth, indigo

大小田万侑子_The dove of happiness_330px.png

No.4

The dove of happiness
 

275 x 20 x 275 (mm), 2019
silk, acid dye

大小田万侑子_Sprites of Kasuga Taisha_330px.png

No.2

Sprites of Kasuga Taisha
 

300 x 20 x 400 (mm), 2020
wooden cloth, indigo

大小田万侑子_Stars III_330px.png

No.5

Stars III
 

180 x 20 x 180 (mm), 2018
silk, acid dye

大小田万侑子_Samue, design of flower and bird_330px.png

No.3

Samue, design of flower and bird
 

1400 x 10 x 750 (mm), 2019
cotton, indigo

bottom of page