Aiko Nakane, 1908-2004
May 26th, 2004
I was very sad to learn this week that Aiko Nakane died last Wednesday. Nakane was a Japanese paper expert and the founder of Aiko’s Art Materials in Chicago. She had an amazing understanding of the art and aesthetics of fine paper, and I would have loved to have had the opportunity to talk with her about Japanese decorated papers. My heart, of course, goes out to her family and loved ones. Contributions in her memory can be made to either the Chicago Symphony Orchestra or the Aiko Nakane Fellowship, which supports MA and MFA students at the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts. More details about her life and work can be found in a recent feature in the woodblock printmaking newsletter Baren-suji.
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