KOZO Studio and Gallery was established by artist Tunde Toth in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny in June 2006.
As a Fibre Artist and Papermaker, Tunde has been working with natural fibres, handmade papers, combined materials, textiles and found objects for more than nine years. Her work utilises environmentally friendly materials without using any animal products and limiting the use of chemical additives, involving a transformation of old papers into a new creative expression.
KOZO studio, while accommodating Tunde’s fibre art- and papermaking workshop, also operates as a gallery, exhibition space and outlet featuring art work and individually designed pieces by artists and craftspeople who work with natural, environmentally friendly, recycled and re-used materials and/or create their work through an environmentally friendly process.
The artists and tutors involved in the programme and in upcoming exhibitions are dedicated people who are conscious about the environment and the value of traditional skills, and enthusiastic about promoting a visual culture and creative practice based on these principles and themes.
KOZO Studio and Gallery will also offer workshops and short courses for adults and children on a variety of art- and craft techniques ranging from Hand Papermaking to Japanese Woodblock Printmaking, all based on recycling or eco-friendly processes, using traditional tools and techniques and natural materials – paper waste, fibres, plants, beeswax, natural pigments and dyes, etc.
