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TEXTILE CLOSE UP: INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET by Dr. Margaret Gbemi Areo
TEXTILE CLOSE UP: INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET – SANTA FE, JULY, 9 – 12, 2015 The Santa Fe Textile Close Up began on Thursday evening with an interactive session, involving ...
Velvets of Italy Tour 2013
The thing about experiences abroad looking back is it’s difficult to believe that they actually happened. It’s incredible to think that the tiny boot-shaped spot on your globe marked Italy ...
A Member’s Report from TSA’s Velvets in Italy Study Tour
This photo shows one area of Fondazione Arte Della Seta Lisio in Florence where 4 of us attended a 3-day workshop and got to weave on one of the velvet ...
From the Exotic to the Mystical
On May 4th From the Exotic to the Mystical Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection opened at the de Young Museum, San Francisco. The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the ...
Coby Foundation : A brief history
In 1994, Irene Zambelli Silverman created the Coby Foundation, in memory of her mother, to support projects in the needle arts. After Silverman’s tragic death in 1998, the Board of ...
Clothworkers’: How to Move a National Collection
Enjoy this interesting post, Clothworkers': How to Move a National Collection from the Victoria & Albert Network about the Clothworkers Center for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation ...
On Not Stitching: Early Thoughts
I visited Hoorbai today. It has been a long time since my last visit and much has changed: we are both older, our children bigger, and she does only a ...
The Mention of Textiles…
The mention of textiles can evoke different feelings and images depending on the audience. A fabric can hide inner beauty when created by an artisan or can be considered functional ...
ALFONSA HORENG
ALFONSA HORENG of Indonesia recalls, “I remembered what my father always said: ‘Never leave the land your great grandfathers inherited to you, and develop it for a good cause.’ That ...
