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Jorie will begin with a reflection on her long and unexpected life in Kyoto, Japan, often described as the eastern depot of the Silk Road. From there, she traces her journey westward to her first encounter with three-dimensional felt in the 1980s, at what she fondly calls the far end of the Silk, or Wool, Road.
As an exchange student at an art institute in Kuopio, Finland, she discovered Scandinavian boot-making during an intensive three-day workshop, an experience that shaped the course of her practice．