Studio Galli Productions

CELEBRATING 400 YEARS OF JAPANESE ARTISAN DESIGN
In 1608, eight former farming families traveled from Kyoto along the Tokaido or 'Eastern Sea Road" connecting Kyoto to Tokyo in Japan, in search of a new life. They settled along Narumi, the 41st Station of the Tokaido where they founded a town called 'Arimatsu'. These simple farmers began to provide travel clothes made from Indigo Cotton, mimicking the fine patterns made in silk in Kyoto (and unavailable to commoners) but at a significantly lower cost. These shape resisted textiles, or 'shibori', were an immediate success and they began working as a collective producing textiles for kimonos, yukatas, and general household decoration and interior design. Over four centuries a tradition and industry grew which employed at its peak more than 20,000 people making Shibori textiles in Japan. In 2008 the towns of Arimatsu and Narumi and the guilds of Artisans from Aichi Prefecture commissioned this remarkably accurate and culturally significant film project. More than thirty local artists in Japan gave generously of their time and talents, and opened their homes and hearts to the world, so that Arimatsu•Narumi Shibori would be preserved, and celebrate more than 400 years of continuous production in 2008.

English Language • English Subtitles / Japanese Language • Japanese Subtitles
Filmed in towns of Arimatsu & Narumi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.

	Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy
	Jill Kennedy is a leading textile artist living and teaching in the U.K. The author of 3 best-selling books on Silk Painting, we caught up with Jill for a wonderful workshop on Silk Painting in her studio in Great Missenden, England. In this 2+ hour film presentation, Jill demonstrates her most requested techniques for silk painting, and provides loads of examples and samples of her finished work for added inspiration. English Language • English Subtitles Filmed in the U.K. • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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	Creating Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt
	"I am an artist who uses thread as paint', remarks Alison Holt, a world-class free hand machine embroiderer, and our instructor for this wonderful 3+ hour journey around her native English countryside in this one of a kind DVD for the machine embroidery enthsiast. Working from the basic essentials of how to set up your studio thru her most requested techniques, Alison demonstrates how anyone can, using any thread and any sewing machine (as long as it does straight stitch and zigzag stich) can achieve the wonderful effects she achieves in her work. English Language • English Subtitles Filmed in the U.K. • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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	Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry with Linda Jones
	Linda Jones is the author of five best-selling books on wire and beaded jewellery. Often sought out for commissions for weddings and special occasions, Linda took a break from teaching in her native Kent, England, to provide a rare and exciting glimpse into how anyone with basic tools, jewellery wire, and a handful of beads can create one of a kind and truly remarkable works of art. Rich in examples and support from Linda, the film takes us on a journey from the very basics and in the second half of the film, provides a wonderful opportunity to produce a one of a kind beaded necklace, "Chained Melody". English Language • English Subtitles Filmed in the U.K. • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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	Arimatsu•Narumi Shibori
	CELEBRATING 400 YEARS OF JAPANESE ARTISAN DESIGN In 1608, eight former farming families traveled from Kyoto along the Tokaido or 'Eastern Sea Road" connecting Kyoto to Tokyo in Japan, in search of a new life. They settled along Narumi, the 41st Station of the Tokaido where they founded a town called 'Arimatsu'. These simple farmers began to provide travel clothes made from Indigo Cotton, mimicking the fine patterns made in silk in Kyoto (and unavailable to commoners) but at a significantly lower cost. These shape resisted textiles, or 'shibori', were an immediate success and they began working as a collective producing textiles for kimonos, yukatas, and general household decoration and interior design. Over four centuries a tradition and industry grew which employed at its peak more than 20,000 people making Shibori textiles in Japan. In 2008 the towns of Arimatsu and Narumi and the guilds of Artisans from Aichi Prefecture commissioned this remarkably accurate and culturally significant film project. More than thirty local artists in Japan gave generously of their time and talents, and opened their homes and hearts to the world, so that Arimatsu•Narumi Shibori would be preserved, and celebrate more than 400 years of continuous production in 2008. English Language • English Subtitles / Japanese Language • Japanese Subtitles Filmed in towns of Arimatsu & Narumi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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	The Festival of Quilts 2007
	COMMEMORATIVE DVD • IMAGE CATALOGUE What could be more fun than a trip to England to see Europe's largest annual quilting fair and awards ceremony? The opportunity to see it again! The Festival of Quilts 2007 Commemorative DVD provides a wonderful opportunity to have a peek inside this remarkable textile fair. Put the DVD in your DVD player and watch a wonderful slideshow set to classical music. Then, pop the DVD in your computer, and open up folders and have a close-up look into why the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England, is considered the premiere International Quilting Event in Europe today! English Language • English Subtitles Filmed in the U.K. • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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	The Festival of Quilts 2008
	COMMEMORATIVE DVD • IMAGE CATALOGUE What do the Tivaevae of the Cook Islands, Lilian Hedley, Dorothy Caldwell, Susan Brandeis, Philippa Naylor, Janey Forgan, Claire Benn, Leslie Morgan and the Quilter's Guild of the British Isles have in common? They are all featured in the 2008 Festival of Quilts DVD! The Festival of Quilts 2008 Commemorative DVD goes beyond our efforts in 2007 with more than 90 minutes of wonderful documentary footage of some of the leading textile and quilting artists in the world today, and includes expanded sponsorship and bonus extras such as sample magazine pages, textile articles, and video snippets of some of the finest sewing machines now available. English Language • English Subtitles Filmed in the U.K. • Edited and Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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