Consultancy

Yoshiko is available for consultancy projects. Her expertise has been sought for fabric research & development, historical and cultural accuracy, and curatorial advisement.

Clients have included:

• Fashion Designer Christina Kim for dosa inc;
• Aranya Naturals, a TATA welfare project for natural dyeing;
• Costume Designer Colleen Atwood for “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Academy Award for Best Costume Design);
• Curator Maribeth Graybill for University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Ann Arbor;
• Owner Eleanor Coppola for FFC Presents;
• San Francisco Film Arts Foundation (now the San Francisco Film Society);
• Seibu Department Store, Miyake Design Studio, and Vepar for Asha by MDS;
• Dyer Tsuyoshi Kuno of Kuno Dyeworks for Cirque du Soleil and Tiffany & Co. 
• Owner Elizabeth Wilson and Designer Fifi White for  Asiatica

Curatorial engagements have included:

• Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.;
• Philadelphia Museum of Art;
• National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India;
• Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco
• Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Please email yoshiko [at] yoshikowada [dot] com to present any proposals.