Indonesian Batik influenced by Japanese Yuzen tradition to be displayed Oct. 28-29

 

 

Fish (Part) Batik on Tai silk. One yard x one and half yards. (Photo by Miko)

 

 

Mandala Batik on Hemp. One yard x one and half yards. (Photo by Miko)

 

 

Peacock and Elephant Batik on Hemp. One yard x one and half yards. (Photo by Miko)

 

Veteran textile designer Setsuko Hayashi of Los Angeles will present a Hayashi Textile Design Class Exhibition on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Zenshuji Temple, 123 South Hewitt Street in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA 90012. This event is open to the public and admission is free. Temple parking is available.

 

Hayashi teaches the class every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center on South Hewitt Street in Little Tokyo. In the October exhibition, 15 of her designs and 13 works of her students will be displayed. These will also be available for sale.

 

Born in Ichikawa city in Chiba prefecture, Hayashi graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo in 1953 and had been taught textile design and dyeing at Otsuka Textile Design School in Shinjuku, Tokyo since 1958. She traveled around the world to learn the traditional skills of textile design and dyeing.

 

In 1973, Hayashi moved to the U.S., settling in Cypress, California. She taught and created designs for textile design companies until 1993 when she moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, to create batik designs for affluent clients.

 

After four-and-a-half years in Jakarta, Hayashi returned to Los Angeles to continue teaching and design works for the local community. She occasionally teaches at Woodbury University in Burbank and Star Academy High School in Culver City.

 

Through her extensive research and work experience around the world, Hayashi has learned a technique which consists of traditional Japanese design and dyeing yuzen and Indonesian batik.

 

Hayashi explains that Japan’s yuzen uses a paste-resist method for dyeing textiles, and batik uses wax instead of paste. The other processes of the two traditional dyeing techniques are very similar.

 

For more information about Hayashi’s class and the exhibition on Oct. 28 and 29, call (213) 880-7725.