The entrance and mill buildings of TECHNOWIN

KARAMI WEAVING

Weaving air into textile.

Ishikawa, Japan — TECHNOWIN

Preserving karami weaving and rebuilding Noto: flooding in Hakui, the TECHNOWIN factory, a loom and a craftsperson.

NEWREADYFOR Crowdfunding

Passing Noto’s karami weaving to the next generation.

Rare karami weaving survives in Hakui, Ishikawa. A crowdfunding project is coming to pass on these skills and connect Noto’s craft with the future.

Coming soon

Carrying Karami weaving into the future.

Refining a consummate weaving craft, handed down through Japan.

The Zen history linking Yokoji and Sojiji Soin.A connection we explore through cloth woven in Hakui.

Conceiving the structure and weaving it steadily, day after day, are two different things. The loom, the people, and the know-how held between them.

The people carrying the craft forward

Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture. Karami cloth has been woven here, at the southern edge of the Noto Peninsula.

Talk to us about material development, prototypes and collaboration.

The SHALO logo: a Karami weave structure enclosed in a brushed circle

An inherited weave, brought into everyday life.

Articles on the technology, history and process behind Karami weaving.