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is the gallery cataloge 

Portland Japanese Garden  2011

Lace Lady recently wrote that   "in honor of Earth Day 2025 ,  Curator  Emerita  Diane Durston will be presenting a lecture that revisits a Japanese concept centered on the message of environmental awareness.   As part of a yearlong series of programs on the theme of  "Living in Harmony with Nature" in 2011,  Portland Japanese  Garden hosted a groundbreaking exhibition of bast fiber and recycled folk textiles in an exhibition entitled Mottainai:  The Fabric of Life.  The exhibition showcased some of the remarkable ways in which the Japanese used foraged and recycled materials to cloth themselves in less affluent times…"

i have looked for more but have been limited in my search time battery wise.   If anyone is able to find more,  and leave Us a link?  Maybe even we might find a way to obtain additional copies of the book?

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