Beth Ross Johnson
Weaver, Researcher, Workshop Leader
Beth Ross Johnson is a weaver, teacher and workshop leader living in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
She learned initially from students from Norman Kennedy, later studying with him for many workshops. A lifelong fascination with Asian art led to an interest in Japanese textiles and she has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri (ikat weaving and dyeing) and sakiori (rag weaving) with master weavers there. Other avenues of exploration have been sashiko stitching and nyoho-e (Zen stitching).
Recent studies have been in the ikat traditions of Europe and woven structures like sashiko-ori and kasuri-ori that mimic hand stitching and ikat processes. She has an MFA in Textiles from Georgia State University and is so-writing a book on Sashiko-ori.
She learned initially from students from Norman Kennedy, later studying with him for many workshops. A lifelong fascination with Asian art led to an interest in Japanese textiles and she has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri (ikat weaving and dyeing) and sakiori (rag weaving) with master weavers there. Other avenues of exploration have been sashiko stitching and nyoho-e (Zen stitching).
Recent studies have been in the ikat traditions of Europe and woven structures like sashiko-ori and kasuri-ori that mimic hand stitching and ikat processes. She has an MFA in Textiles from Georgia State University and is so-writing a book on Sashiko-ori.