Felt Crossing Borders, Feltmakers Working in Japan by Jeanette Appleton
“…The use of ritual cloth was poignant in small stone figures (Jizo) often dressed in tiny aprons, amongst the graves and monuments in Okunoin Gobyo burial site in Koya-san. These have inspired Jorie’s work since then: ‘Observing Jizo, I could not resist their cry for warm felt caps.'”
