Japanese Embroidery with Karen Plater

Mar 3, 2022 | General Meetings

March General Meeting
Thursday, March 10, 12:30 pm
Shepard Garden & Arts Center

Our featured speaker at our March 10th General Membership meeting will be Karen Plater. She happened to drop into one of our earlier meetings while she was visiting relatives in the Sacramento area. We are lucky to have her as our guest speaker sharing her “Journey to Nuido”. Her works really scream out to be seen in person, so we urge you to attend.

Karen Plater embroidery example
Karen Plater embroidery example
Karen Plater embroidery example
Karen Plater embroidery example, detail, in work
Karen Plater embroidery example, detail
Karen Plater embroidery example
Karen Plater embroidery example
Traditional Japanese Embroidery is a thousand year old technique. It originated in China and then was refined and perfected in Japan for decorative objects (especially for kimono and obi). The embroidery is worked on silk fabric held in a special wooden frame. The stitching is done with silk and metal threads using Japanese needles and other tools that conform to the traditional ways.

Karen L. Plater has mastered all Phases required by Kuranai Kai and the Japanese Embroidery Center (JEC – Atlanta) for certification as a TEACHER (sensei) of Traditional Japanese Embroidery. In 2003 she traveled to Kuranai Kai, Japan to do her final Phase X. She has returned to Japan on several other occasions to enhance her skills. In 2005 she completed a two-year teaching apprenticeship at the Japanese Embroidery Center in Atlanta where she learned many of the special traditional ways from Masa Tamura.

Karen has conducted monthly classes in her home studio for the past 20+ years and held an annual retreat before Covid restrictions limited classes. She has taught her original designs in England and throughout the United States. Her beautiful embroideries have been displayed in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has many international students and has hosted one-woman shows of her embroideries at the University Club of Winter Park, FL.

This challenging and exquisite art form requires a commitment of time along with classes from a qualified, knowledgeable teacher.

It is only through achieving a combination of technique and design skills while expressing a personal sensitivity – that one is able to pursue the beautiful art of Nuido.