This week's Textile Talk, presented by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, features Akiko Ike and her stitching style she calls “chiku-chiku.” "“Chiku-chiku” is the onomatopoeic word Ike has coined to describe the sound her broad needle makes as it runs into and out of the cloth. Now, nearly twenty years later, she has amassed a significant collection of vintage textiles laced with her own thread in her characteristic running stitch. Ike will present her studio, farm, and samples of her chiku-chiku work.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

From the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts and SAQA:

"At the age of sixty, Akiko Ike began creating entrancing stitched pieces, using humble remnants of indigo-dyed cloth and old work clothes. Giving these and other used textiles from her environment new life, she transforms found cloth by stitching with a strong thread in a manner she calls “chiku-chiku.” “Chiku-chiku” is the onomatopoeic word Ike has coined to describe the sound her broad needle makes as it runs into and out of the cloth. Now, nearly twenty years later, she has amassed a significant collection of vintage textiles laced with her own thread in her characteristic running stitch. Ike will present her studio, farm, and samples of her chiku-chiku work.

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts is presenting this program in conjunction with Ike's first ever solo-exhibition in the United States, on view at the museum through August 27."

This Textile Talk takes place, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Future installments are held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) each Wednesday.

The video will be recorded and will be able to view later.

Click here, or the image below, to register for the Textile Talk.