JoiRae Textiles

Surface Design Journal, vol. 32, no. 2

2008 Winter
USA: Surface Design Association

The Structured Surfaces issue includes works by Jorie Johnson in the article “Transgression & Transformations, Mind & Body” “Transgression–from the Latin ‘to step across’–usually brings […]

FELTING FREELY 自由自在, Spinnuts Bookshelf: 5

2008 Jul
JAPAN, Kyoto: Spinnuts Publishing

FELT: Basic Feltmaking at it’s best. Contains many pages of how-to by Jorie and her students through out the years in Japan. Published by Spinnuts Publishing

TAITO Finnish Handwork Magazine

2007 Apr
FINLAND, Helsinki: Käsi-ja-taideteollisuusliitto Taito ry

”Plum Blossoms and Felt Work in Kyoto”, by Papu Pirtola. Enjoy this Finnish article introducing the contemporary felt work and story of USA artist Jorie

Surface Design Journal: Materiality, vol. 28 no. 4

2004 Summer
USA: Surface Design Association

The Felt Frontier:II Jorie Johnson: Felt as Matrix by Jacqueline Ruyak “When Jorie Johnson, international felt artist and self-proclaimed “urban nomad,” teaches felt making, she

Contemporary Ishou in Japan Vol. 1, Art Box in Japan

2004 Apr
JAPAN, Tokyo: Art Box in Japan

Jorie Johnson is delighted to be among other artists including Hanae Mori, Jurgen Lehl, Naomi & Masakazu Kobayashi, Yoshiko Jinzenji and many others. This publication

BRUTUS, Kyoto Through Blue Eyes

2004 Apr
JAPAN, Tokyo: Magazine House BRUTUS

“Is there another answer in Fushimi. Jorie lives in an old house with a nice garden in Fushimi…”

EMBROIDERY Magazine, vol. 54

2003 Mar
ENGLAND: Embroiderers' Guild

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

GINKA Quarterly: Animal, Material, Clothing, no.132

2002 Winter
JAPAN, Tokyo: GINKA 季刊銀花

The article covering Jorie’s work is entitled “Fluffy wool shrinks to a piece of free-form cloth. The possibilities of felt are endless.” Jorie Johnson pp.

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