To carry Leno Weaving into the future, SHALO opens the craft to others and values learning together. Insights from universities and conferences, collaboration with businesses and creators, local connections, and support through crowdfunding all help us discover new possibilities. We bring what we learn back to the workshop, putting it to work for the craft and the region.
To pass Leno Weaving on to the next generation, we need to keep learning as well as making.
Everyday work in the factory raises questions.
How can we pass on technical skills? How can we develop new uses for the cloth? How do industry and local communities connect? What role can manufacturing play in a place that has experienced disaster?
We take these questions beyond the workshop, into conversations with universities and academic communities.
We encounter different research and perspectives, bring that knowledge back, and test it in practice. New insights from the workshop can then be shared more widely.
We learn from our work, learn from others, and return what we learn to the workshop.
For SHALO, attending a conference is about more than presenting findings. It is one part of an ongoing process of learning about the future of Leno Weaving and the region.
LEARNING CYCLE
↳ What we learn leads to new questions from the factory.
Learning & Research describes how knowledge is shared within the wider Platform Model. Taking part in an academic conference is one practical expression of this work.
Explore the Platform Model ↗We are scheduled to present at the 2026 Kanazawa conference of the Japan Society for Disaster Recovery and Revitalization on Sunday, September 27, 2026. Our presentation is entered in the following session.