September 20 – October 2, 2026 (13 days & 12 nights)
We are thrilled to offer this tour curated by Dr. Yoshiko I. Wada for the 12ISS Maker. Renowned shibori artist Ana Lisa Hedstrom and WSNF staff and FIT student Lydia Prezioso will accompany tour participants.
We are proud to present 12ISS–Textile & Architecture: The Art of Dimensional Transformation!
Dr. Yoshiko I. Wada, textile scholar and founder of WSNF, is delighted to co-chair the 12th International Shibori Symposium with Sean Mooney, Chief Curator and Managing Director of the Rock Foundation. Museum der Kulturen Basel (MKB), a leading anthropological museum in Europe, will host the event. These collaborations reflect a continuum in Yoshiko’s connection with Edmund Carpenter who lived and worked in Basel researching MKB’s Carl Schuster Archive. In 1985, Yoshiko visited this archive herself. The Rock Foundation continues Edmund Carpenter’s work in anthropology and ethnology.
Since 1992, when Yoshiko founded the ISS, she has co-chaired eleven ISS programs.
There is much to celebrate at 12ISS. Join us to celebrate, share in the brainstorms, initiate and create projects, and more! We explore the future and intersections–materials, structures, and more–between textiles and architecture.
- We celebrate the 50th anniversary of, The Dyer’s Art by Jack Larsen, Alfred Bùler (former MKB Director), et al, a seminal publication that awakened public attention to the many resist-dye techniques practiced by the world’s cultures and recognized the historical and cultural significance of resist-dyeing in textile design and art.
- Let’s see what magic and outcomes emerge from the collaborations between WSNF; individuals like you; and leading art, heritage craft, ethnography, and architecture organizations participating: The Rock Foundation, MKB, Homo Faber in Geneva, Swiss Architecture Museum (S AM), Herzog & de Meuron’s Kabinett Foundation.
Follow this link for 12 ISS Main Symposium Details, Registration, and Tickets. 12ISS Tickets must be purchased separately.
The 12ISS Maker’s Tour:
- Yoshiko’s Venetian friend and cultural expert guides you through the Venice International Art Bienniale: In Minor Keys and Homo Faber Biennial: An Island of Light. The Homo Faber exhibition promises to be a maker’s dream!
- In Venice and in areas surrounding Basel–Switzerland, France, and Germany–we visit magnificent art, design, textile and architectural sites such as Luigi Bevilacqua Tessitura (Venice), Notre-Dame-du-Haut Chapel, Ronshamp (FR) by Le Corbusier; Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum, the Vitra Design Museum (DE), and much more.
- Create a customized Local Tour of Basel on foot or by tram from a selection of options: workshops, studio and architectural tours. (These Local Tours of Basel are sold separately. Details and Registration coming soon.)
- Socialize after tour hours with Maker’s Tour and Symposium Tour friends! We have secured lodging that places all participants in one localized area.
Don’t miss this rich opportunity to nourish your Maker’s soul and connect with like-minded friends new and old!
To receive Details and Pricing for this tour, please complete the tour registration form at this link.
Email questions to info[at]shibori.org, Subject line: 12ISS Maker’s Tour.
