About | Emi Fujisawa

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Emi Fujisawa is the textile artist and designer based in England.

Her philosophy is based on the proverb from Confucius that says “ We can learn new things from the past”. Strongly inspired by time-honoured textiles, she has developed unique palettes via her expertise in natural dyeing with a key focus on using natural, sustainable and ethical materials.

Emi says "My works are mostly influenced by events of my life and the people around me. Even that days can feel sometimes like that they are always the same, the sky often shows a different expression and palette, as the people within my life whom show a different spectrum of emotions and colours. How I am influenced by what surrounds me is projected within my work. I am very thankful everyday for the environment around me and for those close to me".

Education

2009-2013 (BA) Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art and Design. University of the Arts London (London,UK).

2002-2004 Bunka Fashion College. (Tokyo, Japan).

Exhibitions,Residencies & publishes

2025 Selected at a group exhibition, 'RESONANCE' part of London Craft Week at Freeweaver studio (London, UK).

2024 Selected at a group exhibition, 'plants in parallel' at Enso house (London, UK).

2023 Started to launch her slow fashion collection collaborating with the Beautiful Freak Fashion Lab (London, UK, Paris, France and Shanghai, China).

2023 Featured her new studio story at the article of Hole & Corner (Dorset, UK).

2023 'AIZOME' Japanese craft indigo-dying exhibition at the Japanese embassy in London (London, UK).

2023 Delivered her botanical stitching workshop pert of 'Trace' and exhibition and programme by OmVed Garden, Thrown contemporary and the Chelsea Fringe (London, UK).

2022 Trained as a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Dyer by Ransyu Yano (Tokushima, Japan).

2022 Collaborated exhibition, 'INDIGO MATTER' which is part of launching her third slow fashion collection, 'Fuji (藤)' at the other projection (London, UK)

2021 Launched her second slow fashion collection, 'koke (苔)' at the other projection (London, UK).

2021 Launched her first slow fashion collection, 'sei-ran (青藍)', Japanese Textile Festival at Freewearver SAORI Studio (London, UK).

2021 Group Exhibition, 'Roots' at Freeweaver SAORI Studio (London,UK).

2020 Group Exhibition, 'RESTRICTIONS' at Freeweaver SAORI Studio (London, UK).

2020 Potter in Programme at Illyria Pottery (Oxford, UK).

2018 Invited for BB Design Year & BB Mastermind 2018, Big Berry Europe (Metlika, Slovenia).

2016 Group Exhibition, 'Tkalke' (Črnomlju, Slovenia).

2015 Solo exhibition, 'Timeless tale' at Peggy Jay Gallery of Burgh house & Hampstead Museum (London, UK).

2014 Featured on screen in the film 'Passing of the Time' at Saatchi Gallery (London, UK).

2013 Degree show at Chelsea College of Art and Design (London,UK).

Studio

In 2023, Emi moved into an 18th‑century stone house in Northamptonshire—one of her lifelong dreams come true, inspired by the charm of old stone cottages. Since then, she and her husband have been carefully restoring the house using traditional materials and techniques, a slow and ongoing project that will take years to complete.

She has established her studio within the house and is currently working on setting up a sukumo indigo studio there, continuing her dedication to traditional dyeing practices in a space that reflects both history and craftsmanship.