Observing Wild Sheep In Environmental Conser-vation Area, Researching New Uses for WoolWith funding from the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education, the Connecting Wool project has been adopted for the SIU-UTFORSK Partnership Program, which promotes international exchange. Participation in the project is led by Studio 3 representatives Prof. Yoshiharu Hamada of the Product Design Course and Prof. Yuka Kawai of the Textile Design Course, and collaboration ranges broadly from textiles to interiors, furniture, fashion, and art in order to further deepen international exchange between the two institutions. For the Joint Studio 1 “RAW” workshop, in October 2018 students and instructors in Product And Textile Design traveled to Norway and resided with members from Oslo National Academy of the Arts at an information center related to coastal landscape protection and regional culture in a wild sheep breeding area. Field trips were taken for wild sheep and nature observation and to tour wool-related companies and spinning mills. Students from both schools paired up for discussion, materials research, and experiments in studios at Oslo National Acade-my of the Arts. On the final day, the research was presented in English before representatives of partner companies and the academy’s instruc-tors. For Joint Studio 2 “TECH” in 2019, project members from Oslo National Academy of the Arts traveled to Japan in March and visited textile and embroidery mills and traditional papermaking workshops in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture. An intensive workshop was then held on the Hachioji Campus, with participants splitting up into teams for discus-sions and experiments aimed at exploring uses for wool. The research was presented at the Norwegian Embassy in Japan before numerous specialists, including fashion journalists with extensive knowledge of Norwegian culture and brand representatives promoting Norwegian design. The teams made proposals on uses of wool based on perspec-tives gained through their field research. A Textile Design student who participated commented, “The language barrier made it a struggle to communicate, but I was able to understand what my teammate was trying to convey. I felt a connection through the common language of design.” A Product Design student commented, “I got objective confir-mation that my strength is being able to explain images three-dimen-sionally. Discovering new materials was a major takeaway.”The project was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but an online exchange is scheduled for fall 2022 and research presentations are planned for Tokyo in spring 2023 and Oslo in fall 2023.Connecting Wool, started in 2018, is a joint international education project of Tama Art University and Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Participants explore new ways of using wool from certain breeds of wild sheep in northern Norway. The project aims to train students and develop new methods while making design proposals based on materials research.Joint Studio 2 “TECH” results presented at the Norwegian Embassy in Japan. Uses for wool proposed based on field research.Joint Studio 1 “RAW” in Norway in 2018. Field trip to a naturepreserve and a sheep-shearing demonstration at a breeding groundfor wild sheep.Joint Studio 2 “TECH”. Intensive workshop on the Hachioji Campusafter research in textile producing region, Kiryu. Discussions andexperiments conducted in teams to explore uses for wool.Through the project,Satomi Shikano, a 2021 graduatein Textile Design, created a productwith materials that combinednew wool with wool reclaimedfrom used clothing and scraps.Her graduation project inquired intoexcess production of textile products and the reality of waste.Publicly Funded Joint Education Project With Oslo National Academy of the Arts
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