tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39707309726656940442024-03-14T00:01:14.220-04:00file under fiberEllen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-47905483221920377852023-09-03T20:11:00.002-04:002023-09-03T20:11:38.791-04:0016th Quilt Japan exhibit, at the New England Quilt Museum<div style="text-align: left;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2SLt8toxcqLiKhlb76xS-Q0_SlZdSYyH772-tABXOKNCBdflGGz1a3-BpgtBmtlVocxvF1qGSH8qGqkc1YcNSKVhYtnwB7T8KcuNuqYeAaX2vgxPrZYDVbKMjKnrieAcScQJp9RghwjQumlWQ8uoRKvejNOgDP2WmxZwRIQhesz3THmh_pjIfb7DSLo/s1962/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2011.57.36%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="1484" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2SLt8toxcqLiKhlb76xS-Q0_SlZdSYyH772-tABXOKNCBdflGGz1a3-BpgtBmtlVocxvF1qGSH8qGqkc1YcNSKVhYtnwB7T8KcuNuqYeAaX2vgxPrZYDVbKMjKnrieAcScQJp9RghwjQumlWQ8uoRKvejNOgDP2WmxZwRIQhesz3THmh_pjIfb7DSLo/w303-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2011.57.36%20AM.png" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Flower Spinning</i>, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With a small group of friends I took in the an exhibit of award-winning quilts from the 16th biannual Nihon (Japan) quilt competition. This show is sponsored by the <a href="https://src.jhia.org/news_pdf/20221004-133507-169.pdf">Japan Handicraft Instructors Association</a>. Quilts may be entered in three categories: Traditional, Contemporary and, a new category for this competition, Miniature. There are cash prizes and the winners are exhibited first at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and then at select international destinations. for a number of year now, the New England Quilt Museum has been one of the venues.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwlN34mOXdy4HpHXM6kY_ImX7i9yo6WxfVCTx1nrcaTsFkPGDNyJCI7UaqtVhs_oS0obY_6XTM6OtVqmYtqu4IY95_7zIHyA_LPenJWZnS5Q7J3rlNJp_S0rqoomUAmCkluCAF1MqlCWvO58-A8hHMuR1YNhxZ4rKdfoojfNAwr6f6FdJVw5BvEZdQkg/w333-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2011.57.14%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="333" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Flower Spinning</i>, Kazuyo Minami. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Director of the museum, Nora Palermo, introduced us to a delightful docent, Mary, who gave us some of the background on the competition. She noted some general changes in the "flavor" of the entries this year, including the addition of beading and other embellishments on some of the quilts. Beads are used in the exquisite miniature quilt below; the color palette seems appropriate in this year of "Barbie" pink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQv_Ub4hCp6IbavL3fEDsg2-f3139ddShXUxK3TM-f2ltIbVa035xevXUBOgLrqcbgS3XI51GNh-PK7xjM6wNXYDltmIaFVJwGTbQQV0j3kbSiGCSSLSvvB8yynrLhyhofJH9aew7N3dHu1V8H1Y1X5I_9zc-mx15KahT-TzC-0QBP7ud2rBGon_-e-I/s1554/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.33.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1554" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQv_Ub4hCp6IbavL3fEDsg2-f3139ddShXUxK3TM-f2ltIbVa035xevXUBOgLrqcbgS3XI51GNh-PK7xjM6wNXYDltmIaFVJwGTbQQV0j3kbSiGCSSLSvvB8yynrLhyhofJH9aew7N3dHu1V8H1Y1X5I_9zc-mx15KahT-TzC-0QBP7ud2rBGon_-e-I/w400-h394/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.33.01%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Heart Beating</i>, Kaori Akamatsu. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a lttle difficult to see in my image but there are beads at at the centers of some of the blocks as well as on the ribbon bow motifs. The hints of blue and yellow balance all the shades of pink and mauve nicely.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnAcDEAYEPZs6rULngr2XZrqX6G3LqtEofEOp6Od7dWrq6TOv6-qxDvbjg0wZJrxg9R5zfqfQe-M3OXDjO-UIB97vceSycKX_ykikaSZgtPprBLoEI6uJVJsRt5cy1mD4-qvSsdgEu0OZnF5hckj7RHc4_h5aaIZm5oHcgN8GCXGomp6pYGDWWwu9DoY/s2114/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.34.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2114" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnAcDEAYEPZs6rULngr2XZrqX6G3LqtEofEOp6Od7dWrq6TOv6-qxDvbjg0wZJrxg9R5zfqfQe-M3OXDjO-UIB97vceSycKX_ykikaSZgtPprBLoEI6uJVJsRt5cy1mD4-qvSsdgEu0OZnF5hckj7RHc4_h5aaIZm5oHcgN8GCXGomp6pYGDWWwu9DoY/w640-h480/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.34.31%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Heart Beating</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Another outstanding miniature quilt is below, a Mariner's Compass variation in vibrant colors. The curator and staff did a great job hanging the quilts so that the objects "played" nicely together, not an easy task with so many varied, strong approaches to color. The maker says that the title of this object is a play on words. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAWfu3uy_VC7AZE3_SF7dy_prP6nBSAIKOcHspA8ZaGDBg2U4u2E9ExjQWnH8HauchejtDFWOFSVQHEi7Jbk4ixMvvmVezZmaCuKRti2tW4n08fUYJYlBobg8d5kiAiOapz71uWZpn37b0YYaZ8rdKekTPibD5YE_EvmyJtJvS6EDHkMdIMt43PsDm-Y/s1530/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.52.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1530" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAWfu3uy_VC7AZE3_SF7dy_prP6nBSAIKOcHspA8ZaGDBg2U4u2E9ExjQWnH8HauchejtDFWOFSVQHEi7Jbk4ixMvvmVezZmaCuKRti2tW4n08fUYJYlBobg8d5kiAiOapz71uWZpn37b0YYaZ8rdKekTPibD5YE_EvmyJtJvS6EDHkMdIMt43PsDm-Y/w400-h398/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.52.12%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Piece, Peace, Peace Sing</i>, Miyoko Watanabe.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another quilt with an intriguing title, and strong visual impact, is the work below, with the intriguing name of <i>Octopus Arabesque</i>. According to the wall text, the octopus is a symbol of good fortune, as the sound of octopus in Japanese, <i>tako</i>, sounds just like the word <i>takko</i>, or happiness. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1g8JW78u31zcyQ_0cEw3cttqPPKZt1h4K1Ac9qP6pjAnb3QXU9R72eHHpxkiPXVNSHgmwqbhzp7O5sbG3ic61wzfJP6OE-9dcFg3nelVZYqdfeq0jqaSTdD7udDBKCkve9LAmn7GW6HHFxhAAYMxBAjNfkGffb23pZ6EZ3SkNVAcIclPupoH7bT_wm8/s1416/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.59.53%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1416" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1g8JW78u31zcyQ_0cEw3cttqPPKZt1h4K1Ac9qP6pjAnb3QXU9R72eHHpxkiPXVNSHgmwqbhzp7O5sbG3ic61wzfJP6OE-9dcFg3nelVZYqdfeq0jqaSTdD7udDBKCkve9LAmn7GW6HHFxhAAYMxBAjNfkGffb23pZ6EZ3SkNVAcIclPupoH7bT_wm8/w400-h398/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%207.59.53%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Octopus Arabesque</i>, Chizuko Kojima.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The quilt above has quite a visual impact from quite a distance, which reminds me of something a visual art instructor once told our class: the viewer should see one aspect of a work at a distance of, say, twelve feet, then something more at a distance of six feet and finally a distance of six inches should reveal some new aspect of the design, maintaining the interest of the viewer.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although all the quilts feature breath-taking workmanship, not all the quilts have much impact from a distance - many are meant to be enjoyed primarily at a close distance I think, such as the quilt below, in shades of red and pink. The Irish Chain pattern, normally a graphically emphatic design full of movement, is here disjointed and discontinuous. The applique and pieced motifs deployed asymmetrically on top of the piecing make for a very busy surface. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">However the applique, piecing and embroidery are masterfully done and the border is especially delightful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2wVPmvXeSxHCIgbAqx-4W6-FWjqOSUhJeEWpsBBTOlTAWr0mqPf49rPvBYyloe2as7QJrXjScS0lk9FWvL1cdy9szBhyG3yi5QpVm25FwVKWNFqI2ws2yDQWnf7I4VQYOogxJJDyUp-L13RGTPlh956EnY21bYlcONRJKX984wDGCij4ulky-JWFgH4/s1552/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.51.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2wVPmvXeSxHCIgbAqx-4W6-FWjqOSUhJeEWpsBBTOlTAWr0mqPf49rPvBYyloe2as7QJrXjScS0lk9FWvL1cdy9szBhyG3yi5QpVm25FwVKWNFqI2ws2yDQWnf7I4VQYOogxJJDyUp-L13RGTPlh956EnY21bYlcONRJKX984wDGCij4ulky-JWFgH4/w381-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.51.59%20PM.png" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Chatty little birds!</i>, Kikue Nishiya.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11Uoe6rFEEeOtiSjO_HVRUwtHQWkI2itMYO4gKnpCNlPcmd-sZIbD0R8w2X-I9avae39NK92rhpUaFX-ScUO0QiU1gaicXtQkC2xHXAJxuSQRnb-wdHjOUlZQN1QfZH4vCm15YSILTovoCeVWUDDXl_6XipTEVeJLOmfZaWIN69xR5XWJVO8Hh4Ylpso/s1972/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.52.12%20PM.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="1418" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11Uoe6rFEEeOtiSjO_HVRUwtHQWkI2itMYO4gKnpCNlPcmd-sZIbD0R8w2X-I9avae39NK92rhpUaFX-ScUO0QiU1gaicXtQkC2xHXAJxuSQRnb-wdHjOUlZQN1QfZH4vCm15YSILTovoCeVWUDDXl_6XipTEVeJLOmfZaWIN69xR5XWJVO8Hh4Ylpso/w288-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.52.12%20PM.png" width="288" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Chatty little birds!</i>, detail.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is a red and white quilt in miniature - about 30" square. In the wall text the maker share that she could only work on this detailed quilt during the day, with natural light. The quilt is primarily machine stitched. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETOyEbiqTvSl0msYAxKiwAuulv_a16ZcJrPx5QbEPfn1EJmMmcGFz2XNqaz0JlYYjyUW_f6S514851r30qZ4ms11T8wH4mWoeGwLX6FDpt011hhx5NQoCVkhZrI7dx8n8DWE4K63sjLhGui3uCoh90EAxnd5AbDGSvTl3tuE6iasveZzhsBEBco1ioFU/s1768/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%203.45.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1768" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETOyEbiqTvSl0msYAxKiwAuulv_a16ZcJrPx5QbEPfn1EJmMmcGFz2XNqaz0JlYYjyUW_f6S514851r30qZ4ms11T8wH4mWoeGwLX6FDpt011hhx5NQoCVkhZrI7dx8n8DWE4K63sjLhGui3uCoh90EAxnd5AbDGSvTl3tuE6iasveZzhsBEBco1ioFU/w400-h364/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%203.45.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>The Beginning is a Red House</i>, Yasuyo Kon.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_EkmkkRrBOTdWLR0j05vnkxdimfjiaB66zuu3VvQJnJfL8GYpe9ZwkjtJakRsELi9Xr3wj7ePGloGVdkiP1lWqqiPLQ9zLJbetrWpcCYsRVPeN_r9-fXJSj23jMTipzDgriLks8IKmziqqGYAsW8whL5r7H6EitbeK41QHvpebatIyI6W7JE1wqbv6Y/s2122/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%203.45.56%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2122" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_EkmkkRrBOTdWLR0j05vnkxdimfjiaB66zuu3VvQJnJfL8GYpe9ZwkjtJakRsELi9Xr3wj7ePGloGVdkiP1lWqqiPLQ9zLJbetrWpcCYsRVPeN_r9-fXJSj23jMTipzDgriLks8IKmziqqGYAsW8whL5r7H6EitbeK41QHvpebatIyI6W7JE1wqbv6Y/s320/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%203.45.56%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The Beginning is a Red House</i>, detail. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As much as I love red and white quilts, the quilts featuring a variety of traditional fabrics - many vintage - were a special treat as I drank in the profusion of polychrome prints, stripes and hand-dyed materials.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oAvhvF7PlFtaGdzvPP0Nkm5muo5x8vWyCJOmnW2eStfzpx_4ZIbjP36FrK3y6iriFikjhpa-XRgsYL5J3-9IU1Zw9P-yv9uS79a9z1wRJ-QCiQf1py9Rh4ajPqqL2k1ro7XYUwggr1rvjG_z9m610Wgo9TLZ0kONDD182dIKF0V1HFX0BbOLbUTXEjc/s1580/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.45.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1408" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oAvhvF7PlFtaGdzvPP0Nkm5muo5x8vWyCJOmnW2eStfzpx_4ZIbjP36FrK3y6iriFikjhpa-XRgsYL5J3-9IU1Zw9P-yv9uS79a9z1wRJ-QCiQf1py9Rh4ajPqqL2k1ro7XYUwggr1rvjG_z9m610Wgo9TLZ0kONDD182dIKF0V1HFX0BbOLbUTXEjc/w356-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.45.02%20PM.png" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>With My Whole Heart</i>, Toshiko Akashi. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9ByRtOSsb054x8af3UVh3XqBv-mFfqV74F5LE6SfDd9mFg8c_LPo2zAgEGbxNSPofPwWTCkKAWY-QthfDEMa2XWeEbeQ_QO1N2u_pIb2R0DAk5jXuO9yNoS2RxghS7ViKCE95dGOkRcKFcO81Bv6j5sXCk-VkVL9BV1tj7RDKtT7Y18e53riKDK57SI/s1946/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.47.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9ByRtOSsb054x8af3UVh3XqBv-mFfqV74F5LE6SfDd9mFg8c_LPo2zAgEGbxNSPofPwWTCkKAWY-QthfDEMa2XWeEbeQ_QO1N2u_pIb2R0DAk5jXuO9yNoS2RxghS7ViKCE95dGOkRcKFcO81Bv6j5sXCk-VkVL9BV1tj7RDKtT7Y18e53riKDK57SI/w296-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.47.49%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>With My Whole Heart</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfih7mClbqn9nhv86X3awU-8GVYxEIzdrygHAEglmYC_dxNLcBHtMX85iK7FHj8g3wn-GQn-7OlnQ3M46wepqym7eU8zBxpSkApjAordGAYj7cC7E2qA29EEBWbPiYSZpU_LkVZTX153CILlk2tIzo1eVy0ovsBe5-AsmD_4yeHWb0DWhkIfWfWOWgp8/s1874/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.49.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1392" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfih7mClbqn9nhv86X3awU-8GVYxEIzdrygHAEglmYC_dxNLcBHtMX85iK7FHj8g3wn-GQn-7OlnQ3M46wepqym7eU8zBxpSkApjAordGAYj7cC7E2qA29EEBWbPiYSZpU_LkVZTX153CILlk2tIzo1eVy0ovsBe5-AsmD_4yeHWb0DWhkIfWfWOWgp8/w298-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.49.24%20PM.png" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>With My Whole Heart</i>, detail.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One thing I really like about the quilt above, in addition to the fabulous Japanese fabrics, is the artist's use of a traditional technique called Cathedral Windows, where layers of fabric are folded to form a "window" into which a square of contrasting fabric is inserted. The method uses a lot of fabric thus resulting in a heavy artifact. The technique is not often seen in quilt shows, as it is perceived, along with the traditional yo-yo quilt, to lack scope for artistry and some quilt shows even banned quilts which employed the technique. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, as <a href="https://www.quiltmuseum.org.uk/uploads/attachment/147/interview-with-lynne-edwards-mbe.pdf">Lynne Edwards</a> demonstrates in her wonderful book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Window-Quilts-Technique-Variations/dp/0715327135/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1DTBFI22KMEEM&keywords=cathedral+window+quilts&qid=1693768483&sprefix=cathedral+window+quilts%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-2">Cathedral Window Quilts</a>, variation on the traditional approach can result in stunning results. Ms. Akashi employs the technique very effectively in her quilt, providing a release between the central motif and the corner blocks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is another quilt which features an enchanting assortment of fabrics; I've always had a special fondness for the Grandmother's Fan pattern, which Ms. Honda used for her border blocks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbnhGVReFqqSX4ysY_ny4I3JyqRg_m2_G0LSBdWcaRO7iA0_uEC7EykBvJva5uUO6-AOC9n-mYtbFPzv9jD-TWGLMsB8RQKmjL3IvxfpkimxgD91FdZCOPkzrRdU3RwcFqFDYg98VJTjYdj31tsvE80_jEUU_Bi0KgvDxA7dhMxLk9tmv7EmkRfJuj_M/s1892/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.19.17%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="1456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbnhGVReFqqSX4ysY_ny4I3JyqRg_m2_G0LSBdWcaRO7iA0_uEC7EykBvJva5uUO6-AOC9n-mYtbFPzv9jD-TWGLMsB8RQKmjL3IvxfpkimxgD91FdZCOPkzrRdU3RwcFqFDYg98VJTjYdj31tsvE80_jEUU_Bi0KgvDxA7dhMxLk9tmv7EmkRfJuj_M/w308-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.19.17%20PM.png" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Kaleidoscope</i>, Mutsumi Honda. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;"><i>Kaleidoscope</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the quilts pack a punch without the intense embellishment but through emphatic pattern and contrast such as the quilt below, which makes the most of striped and gradient fabrics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS3SYi4CPOLikQAMejCuZ2qMfMoggHimPChEZWeos1Nh7vCzY2G5CXd-NmOO5l1jlGvi6FF4727NfkQUydInFCyiFsxgg7dB2-VLOr_U9J8iUNPc8alWKQMkpkTLp5siFGZ2VO1TNyEVWPWik1dO-8q9Q5gp4Xdd29OVW4J4tfSq6NwrzK1a5V1zJ8Bk/s1960/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.38.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="1470" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS3SYi4CPOLikQAMejCuZ2qMfMoggHimPChEZWeos1Nh7vCzY2G5CXd-NmOO5l1jlGvi6FF4727NfkQUydInFCyiFsxgg7dB2-VLOr_U9J8iUNPc8alWKQMkpkTLp5siFGZ2VO1TNyEVWPWik1dO-8q9Q5gp4Xdd29OVW4J4tfSq6NwrzK1a5V1zJ8Bk/w300-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-26%20at%207.38.58%20PM.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Crack of Time - Hazama</i>, Mutsumi Honda.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-lcrKAP8rLo-SCPlpv3_6OKdlBTS-0QTlJwUHZiBxbxTX6sO3hTLrweuyoWUBMrRNUN_luAwL-0CjJHZ7fHnLFCeSsgVd8kq4LTxxgec4hCTSF7WDPcQ0pHFK5BAaXRGmAorBNWAgbaxTfSuXaAisn-IvRJf-P6BMImVbBNvMY2vrhB0gZCh7puwEOc/s2104/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.30.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2140" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYV5AXERVXIqtbGyJ0V83Pb4_iXTGPIqHDmMJtLdyH4BKp5AZf7p4oxjIeyaYB5bN-a42c3-vksuquAqUKVG5WBSLR7DKLBXsLHtbAuYqIK68QlbQ2PS1REW_DyT4jiSfRRIahJ4T47nf0foz9rqlg0MYGu0GzAX_S19rDL8IiVJJXDLYI0594ueTLO0/w400-h254/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.29.36%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">View of gallery.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorite quilts presented images of a small city with a fishing tradition. According to the wall text:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Salmon come up the Miomotegawa River in Murakami City, the northern part of Niigata Prefecture. In winter, salmon are hung to dry under the eaves of ordinary homes in the streets where machiya (traditional townhouse [sic]) buildings still stand. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The artist has done a great job of rendering the objects and buildings without becoming too literal.<i> (Iyoboya</i> means salmon in Japanese.)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbnU5Dq12vXmp7viB5rxGDKnoTyy4-u3fuCUMY0gAQngL37l9wN9Vg4IuipMBJFvlBF-5FVtGh309YPTZ9HeuKW_PEFEbymEoS4Sn7XRrJkzoFqhNkfngHHzNaTTrIQTfQrQAwlvVe2hNHL7xSGc-IEc8B78dM8UkdV_qJ0Hk7KAt55-jQdw9_CgG1Zk/s1898/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.43.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="1418" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbnU5Dq12vXmp7viB5rxGDKnoTyy4-u3fuCUMY0gAQngL37l9wN9Vg4IuipMBJFvlBF-5FVtGh309YPTZ9HeuKW_PEFEbymEoS4Sn7XRrJkzoFqhNkfngHHzNaTTrIQTfQrQAwlvVe2hNHL7xSGc-IEc8B78dM8UkdV_qJ0Hk7KAt55-jQdw9_CgG1Zk/w299-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.43.49%20PM.png" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The City of Iyoboya</i>, Miyoko Sekiya.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxEJf1tzWBFK-KaVnruAt0GNSgISrS4GxQAoEn8eKA0E2p6BXmhRmZclnw-7tN-aOPYoA_h-lEigFgcArOWR5nFfVImx7eCBTZv0l1inuJdoFtGI9xQq0oY5vt3I9DgCwXVjhQAakygM-sTYZX0aBgFpiv6mxwSOYaI7EZas3uceSCTbbkwu4ZCAh7uA/s1918/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.44.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1918" data-original-width="1442" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxEJf1tzWBFK-KaVnruAt0GNSgISrS4GxQAoEn8eKA0E2p6BXmhRmZclnw-7tN-aOPYoA_h-lEigFgcArOWR5nFfVImx7eCBTZv0l1inuJdoFtGI9xQq0oY5vt3I9DgCwXVjhQAakygM-sTYZX0aBgFpiv6mxwSOYaI7EZas3uceSCTbbkwu4ZCAh7uA/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%203.44.11%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The City of Iyoboya</i>, detail. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">To finish up this blog, I'll just post more of the miniature quilts; that such tiny pieces could even be manipulated is a feat in and of itself but the designs are also delightful. Apologies for my shadow on the images - these quilts were placed in a display case. Each miniature quilt is about 20" square.</span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlYxCN4vZ2A5kYhUThxAfRK-IoVR4-SHQxJXmxZN1QtJ7_cZtosxI8qsY1KW6IGizHhAJttWqbWoNOa0iRX2YWnO2q-Lv-JX4eyaTadmGkbSkg3wsihE2eAewGQBhOazPPZ0LSgjUu7XTFRToCEWYYYNPsEFh_KkE0fUN-0psbB2lG0X0ad7z0gxZkrE/s1632/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.11.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1632" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlYxCN4vZ2A5kYhUThxAfRK-IoVR4-SHQxJXmxZN1QtJ7_cZtosxI8qsY1KW6IGizHhAJttWqbWoNOa0iRX2YWnO2q-Lv-JX4eyaTadmGkbSkg3wsihE2eAewGQBhOazPPZ0LSgjUu7XTFRToCEWYYYNPsEFh_KkE0fUN-0psbB2lG0X0ad7z0gxZkrE/w400-h364/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.11.46%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Hanabiyori [Flower Park]</i>, Yoko Yehara.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTG032ayLcGaZkYFunbw6h5Kb4ovZlKBnyhxtjLzBaoWRu_8I7ikx5RXb6o0K8g_0csfdp6aUkT1fyvHGxa2nlZe7nmPwkAHp4p1JbUqbIg7n2_2TgA7iKofMENSbDTvB3R5BMHFA5dWDKb4I5JqT-2P38UMS58pXh1DGVMpqiZConnwHcIoDcn0-LdU/s1634/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.08.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1634" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTG032ayLcGaZkYFunbw6h5Kb4ovZlKBnyhxtjLzBaoWRu_8I7ikx5RXb6o0K8g_0csfdp6aUkT1fyvHGxa2nlZe7nmPwkAHp4p1JbUqbIg7n2_2TgA7iKofMENSbDTvB3R5BMHFA5dWDKb4I5JqT-2P38UMS58pXh1DGVMpqiZConnwHcIoDcn0-LdU/w400-h358/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.08.08%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The Garden with Butterflies</i>, Terumi Goto.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Finally a little quilt which punches above its weight, below. Think those are beads creating the arabesques? No - zillions of Colonial knots; a <a href="https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/knots/colonial-knot/">Colonial knot</a> is a kind of cousin to the French knot. A symphony in texture - low relief sculpture in fiber. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyuWay2AoATyFL_YM4vWVOFSeeVu-oOydGWxdct8jB9UFflY7-ZIbK_pyxMLFufBta3a_daiPMhdYFX-pz4emvShmmWpImeW06XWZKPGvGZF95-PQli2GxDNymImDniFg74JrZ__-RmjOvwHMvmQj3TirWr87UAAXuO-Jd4jkjwanJD1jgAX8vFPfMkM/s1566/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.24.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1566" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyuWay2AoATyFL_YM4vWVOFSeeVu-oOydGWxdct8jB9UFflY7-ZIbK_pyxMLFufBta3a_daiPMhdYFX-pz4emvShmmWpImeW06XWZKPGvGZF95-PQli2GxDNymImDniFg74JrZ__-RmjOvwHMvmQj3TirWr87UAAXuO-Jd4jkjwanJD1jgAX8vFPfMkM/w400-h388/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.24.43%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Arabesque, Yuki Yokoi.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMkg0Wba8h65honE5HxAU_D6pi7pOBF8u5y0ScszFd2swvRKrkCwSRI1z8zAyNKhrCDAU9BEoOtKJb4heO96Vk2BSHDhAKZ5nS4WpXQf46c0mE84ovXOQjpzXeuwrzReVsMDx8M7Q7q_RLsYwnebxcOnp2ZlBCXkcngKDYfFWE1rIXBH-Tfn2Ofco4yo/s2052/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.25.06%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="2052" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMkg0Wba8h65honE5HxAU_D6pi7pOBF8u5y0ScszFd2swvRKrkCwSRI1z8zAyNKhrCDAU9BEoOtKJb4heO96Vk2BSHDhAKZ5nS4WpXQf46c0mE84ovXOQjpzXeuwrzReVsMDx8M7Q7q_RLsYwnebxcOnp2ZlBCXkcngKDYfFWE1rIXBH-Tfn2Ofco4yo/w400-h368/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%207.25.06%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Arabesque</i>, detail. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-87808408321808074812023-08-21T13:58:00.001-04:002023-08-21T13:58:41.356-04:00Timna Tarr at the New England Quilt Museum<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHLYiUVQH9ROSwEqYMnCpVs4xo2jwfXvEtK2Q9C801NN74yVUbHPyA_hvdjJJkvndPnWK1kGhh1QYvkFLnYB0widtmz0I63TjpKwk-_tLhqblv7ePsd2ZA2wCoN8qt2fUS-dRPNTKjYqqyczQu41muhaUIagqbYZxctqNFKLoTduAX3qNxw7TXGEUbd4/s1520/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.22.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHLYiUVQH9ROSwEqYMnCpVs4xo2jwfXvEtK2Q9C801NN74yVUbHPyA_hvdjJJkvndPnWK1kGhh1QYvkFLnYB0widtmz0I63TjpKwk-_tLhqblv7ePsd2ZA2wCoN8qt2fUS-dRPNTKjYqqyczQu41muhaUIagqbYZxctqNFKLoTduAX3qNxw7TXGEUbd4/w396-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.22.54%20PM.png" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>I Woke Up Like This</i>, 2021. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In August a group of friends met me at the <a href="https://www.neqm.org/">New England Quilt Museum</a>. We journeyed to the city of Lowell to see the Quilts Japan exhibit, but there's usually more than one exhibit at the museum and, indeed, we got a "bonus" in the form of the show<a href="https://www.neqm.org/circuitous-routes-the-quilts-of-timna-tarr-details"> <i>Circuitous Routes: the Quilts of Timna Tarr</i></a>. <a href="https://www.timnatarr.com/">Ms. Tarr </a>lives and works South Hadley, Massachusetts. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the exhibit wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Timna Tarr comes from a long line of quilters, but did not begin quilting until after studying art history in college. She bought her first longarm machine in 2001 and began quilting clients' quilts shortly thereafter. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Her nationally award-winning quilts are in private and corporate collections and [have] been seen in exhibits, publications, and on <i>The Quilt Show </i>and <i>QuiltingArts TV.</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Tarr's techniques include piecing and applique and she utilizes both techniques to create her photo mosaic quilts, which remind me a bit of the work of painter Chuck Close and quilt artist Ruth McDowell. She explains her methodology in her book<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stitched-Photo-Mosaic-Quilting-Intermediate/dp/1947163957"> Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting</a></i> and teaches the techniques in workshops. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxjWkpSIu12eJnV5Zpprx82IUUYqohkXcS5CwuD1tuWdJwfhG--wcnue0EUrbzNYg4XSSWrJF3fd2ar-3IfXrJyV7F02sYzoGTTnzjpUedA8PVFBPn8S_jrI9dP27i3ml_yNAaQj7gV_IyDVelVwhTIu-ho6HKLSEKdF5xiehCRGxSZ3dC54KcMp2qC8/s1562/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.20.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1166" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxjWkpSIu12eJnV5Zpprx82IUUYqohkXcS5CwuD1tuWdJwfhG--wcnue0EUrbzNYg4XSSWrJF3fd2ar-3IfXrJyV7F02sYzoGTTnzjpUedA8PVFBPn8S_jrI9dP27i3ml_yNAaQj7gV_IyDVelVwhTIu-ho6HKLSEKdF5xiehCRGxSZ3dC54KcMp2qC8/w299-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.20.27%20PM.png" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The Neighborhood Association</i>, 2022. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfSloAkfDfKAcQ4Xpkvaytgw8bK3fi2Ev2t-zLGGLJHB4YplJfbsCf5Ql0A3PnQW-4lSE4EYpEBVA-LdHDC_n-LZ0hNrKb6ZGAWOgjFTJ9MQ_owUIRMeL6TTgZoP_aGCkV0FaRcIBUiKAL_qQcf8CbNYnadY1Y1eVyBYze83sUoB04VJHglEZUta_Et0/s1272/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.21.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfSloAkfDfKAcQ4Xpkvaytgw8bK3fi2Ev2t-zLGGLJHB4YplJfbsCf5Ql0A3PnQW-4lSE4EYpEBVA-LdHDC_n-LZ0hNrKb6ZGAWOgjFTJ9MQ_owUIRMeL6TTgZoP_aGCkV0FaRcIBUiKAL_qQcf8CbNYnadY1Y1eVyBYze83sUoB04VJHglEZUta_Et0/w393-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.21.46%20PM.png" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The Hare Apparent</i>, 2019. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVcsjvUzWgOPdg8x0NQK2cRMhZ06Sp_Zz2CGKX5Ktx4RzmzSpnZrRboLft6uhPb1jBpXxzXxEXEoLljKCRJRdU3XT39rhpcojUodp1duglOpn8cRGJmclaj1Zvbu5PVtzlKnMGBvAhR5jgAURhiNwVVYNUm8CLM7X3cLqH48-_Zv6EDXaKsTdXKfPl9E/s2134/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.23.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2134" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVcsjvUzWgOPdg8x0NQK2cRMhZ06Sp_Zz2CGKX5Ktx4RzmzSpnZrRboLft6uhPb1jBpXxzXxEXEoLljKCRJRdU3XT39rhpcojUodp1duglOpn8cRGJmclaj1Zvbu5PVtzlKnMGBvAhR5jgAURhiNwVVYNUm8CLM7X3cLqH48-_Zv6EDXaKsTdXKfPl9E/w400-h243/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.23.37%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Exhibit overview. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bGh-CWCNQdQ4XiU2hsQa6DIv-8xf3o0LkreI2qH4KmFo7tcv3c9fWWXffJGOIHCagFL3QeOTVV7QuY1bTL0oj1hZo1WqU8pMZpvv8O_GlJUEAnPZajX9AlWQBWvXIqkgeL8AC809AQ-l3XfsIeh7B7oGmsgWlQmMN7hHYdM-_awzpCipgRU1FBdBnoE/s1222/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.20.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1210" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bGh-CWCNQdQ4XiU2hsQa6DIv-8xf3o0LkreI2qH4KmFo7tcv3c9fWWXffJGOIHCagFL3QeOTVV7QuY1bTL0oj1hZo1WqU8pMZpvv8O_GlJUEAnPZajX9AlWQBWvXIqkgeL8AC809AQ-l3XfsIeh7B7oGmsgWlQmMN7hHYdM-_awzpCipgRU1FBdBnoE/w396-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.20.02%20PM.png" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>The Duchess of Dirt</i>, 2018.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DY_fqyiBF_wqsGmsy-niSjaGSJLIMqQCl6BwVqniV0GagaurOY5vMaDY_c0ysWiINXQurN3IpCX2-a2MXJWfYQbbT3rk_oug9ogHfBuqpC31A9bPMjQYq8MB3hjJfNrEwX7npLyuph8ouYzR5Apzc2ISXATlTGRPurr9I07Mt68u-TnlTknniDrM50c/s1310/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.21.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1310" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DY_fqyiBF_wqsGmsy-niSjaGSJLIMqQCl6BwVqniV0GagaurOY5vMaDY_c0ysWiINXQurN3IpCX2-a2MXJWfYQbbT3rk_oug9ogHfBuqpC31A9bPMjQYq8MB3hjJfNrEwX7npLyuph8ouYzR5Apzc2ISXATlTGRPurr9I07Mt68u-TnlTknniDrM50c/w400-h393/Screenshot%202023-08-21%20at%2012.21.01%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Queen of Calico</i>, 2018.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The last portrait is of the artist's cat, Caleigh. This enjoyable exhibit is on view through September 30, 2023.</span><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-47776397626171190032023-08-15T12:07:00.001-04:002023-08-15T12:07:32.232-04:00Something Old, Something New at the MFA Boston<div style="text-align: left;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UtnE7P6JVWpC-XhgrM2tr3RVk0jitpGwz6QwFL8Yx4HyKVY323WFc6WD8T3AjGzRCkVuTsP9R0zE25zAQvUUzaH5VDRJDQRw3MCvEnVSG1Omhalo3NGh3C8NhwQFGKiID5voEPXHHHRI1dLN3Oyvnd2_RHFfvM0jZcZsU6gtNuJd4q52T9Sj6UK8LfY/s1958/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%209.42.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1314" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UtnE7P6JVWpC-XhgrM2tr3RVk0jitpGwz6QwFL8Yx4HyKVY323WFc6WD8T3AjGzRCkVuTsP9R0zE25zAQvUUzaH5VDRJDQRw3MCvEnVSG1Omhalo3NGh3C8NhwQFGKiID5voEPXHHHRI1dLN3Oyvnd2_RHFfvM0jZcZsU6gtNuJd4q52T9Sj6UK8LfY/w269-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%209.42.47%20AM.png" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding Dress, Arnold Scaasi, 1989.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We went to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, recently and enjoyed the exhibit <i><a href="https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/something-old-something-new">Something Old, Something New: Wedding Fashions and Traditions</a>. </i>For once, I am blogging about an exhibit well before it ends - this display is on view through October, 2023.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the exhibit introductory wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>...Drawing from the MFA's collection of costume, jewelry, and photography, this exhibition explores the origins of American wedding customs and looks at how they've evolved - and stayed the same - from before the Victorian era and beyond.</blockquote></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">The central focus of the exhibit is, not surprisingly, the wedding dress. </p></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Complemented by white veils, shoes, jewelry, and other accessories, the wedding dress is the centerpiece of the ceremony and perhaps the most symbolic of Western nuptial traditions. While its perseverance is attributed to Queen Victoria's romanticized marriage to Prince Albert in 1840 in a gown that was "rich white satin trimmed with orange flower blossoms," many brides before her - especially from Christian communities - chose white to represent virginity, purity and femininity. This choice was made centuries before by Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and other societies to symbolize wealth, status and power. The romance and elegance of white silk, lace, tulle, and satin persists as the signifier of a perfect ceremonial gown.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Bridal gowns can often become family heirlooms, passed down through generations. Nowadays, many modern brides seek dresses they can rewear and incorporate into their wardrobe. In either case wedding gowns make a great case study for sustainable fashion as they rarely end up in landfills. Perhaps due to an emotional connection to what the dress tends to represent - hope. <b>Do you still have your wedding dress or bridal ensemble? </b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Well, I don't have my ensemble (but still married), however I did have my daughter's wedding dress "preserved" by <a href="https://www.jscheer.com/">J. Scheer and Company</a>, specialists in costume conservation. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwyIYk0td9rrJe5rbN57kQCF9etrLVcAr6nNkGKvB-oDIQEQIXJfJfx_qTUAwCbclQhgl8daTgVwh9f_QxwpxZ1XfqtthE5sz8fSpQ8lYegEOUVQoo2jU5xWrLd7RJ1ukq7uv5zxSGyr_5aj6R_m2Ob3nHiU5YMMh3mIEy8UxPyYTciQz5dyqC8vNhHg/s1956/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1234" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwyIYk0td9rrJe5rbN57kQCF9etrLVcAr6nNkGKvB-oDIQEQIXJfJfx_qTUAwCbclQhgl8daTgVwh9f_QxwpxZ1XfqtthE5sz8fSpQ8lYegEOUVQoo2jU5xWrLd7RJ1ukq7uv5zxSGyr_5aj6R_m2Ob3nHiU5YMMh3mIEy8UxPyYTciQz5dyqC8vNhHg/w253-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.41%20AM.png" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding dress, American, 1889.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMORgjccajeYm5ydWdDuIl8UMnJ3sq7xRXUMxRgtp3GJiJlRtYRi--qR7gnAyw2QRXAudL6p0PWKSu22WHrqwkS7zXmLRMYZZ9qPJu63aAE8zY2aE1EeFj69YUSKyw3LJx8YBulRuHSJ9u11rxOlJLOX46sv8LD2PGb3Jur2_nFOPg-ExdjEnO3iKLic/s1956/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.16.59%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1270" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMORgjccajeYm5ydWdDuIl8UMnJ3sq7xRXUMxRgtp3GJiJlRtYRi--qR7gnAyw2QRXAudL6p0PWKSu22WHrqwkS7zXmLRMYZZ9qPJu63aAE8zY2aE1EeFj69YUSKyw3LJx8YBulRuHSJ9u11rxOlJLOX46sv8LD2PGb3Jur2_nFOPg-ExdjEnO3iKLic/w260-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.16.59%20AM.png" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding dress with leaf motif, English c. 1945.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoCV_BSW73i-LMIpYv3T3GRQhgy4FXusdfzuNhXjsMgod-W-Nci2ZX-rzbGndMBUuIDudqlLAB--OkHRtS6dQKn_UxZ3jZkkbfwFb3GGPEwjt1npBn_jhnbCpWttt3ZqionU7M-PjhYtoVg-L4Ox8APePrTfEV002KbaTQ_iLCNxESSq0WHj_0xTMCGE/s1846/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.18.03%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="1428" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoCV_BSW73i-LMIpYv3T3GRQhgy4FXusdfzuNhXjsMgod-W-Nci2ZX-rzbGndMBUuIDudqlLAB--OkHRtS6dQKn_UxZ3jZkkbfwFb3GGPEwjt1npBn_jhnbCpWttt3ZqionU7M-PjhYtoVg-L4Ox8APePrTfEV002KbaTQ_iLCNxESSq0WHj_0xTMCGE/w310-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.18.03%20AM.png" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Woman's bridal ensemble in two parts, Bob Mackie, 1980's.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3Yecg_XOCFjM94nbkgpyNLR-qquh_mNItunKopNhjovkEW4O1i671rvj6GTROTw4-IT2SERddLiCxn_Q_TFP5W7J8L54osxwsesZtAFkjX0VPFINOYu9tleaQLfw4G5A4f3agw0V7_fi91HxvD4eIU5Z_V1smoa57s3zl2CC2VqSTsKHLMCV9CSewIs/s1832/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.14%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="1274" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3Yecg_XOCFjM94nbkgpyNLR-qquh_mNItunKopNhjovkEW4O1i671rvj6GTROTw4-IT2SERddLiCxn_Q_TFP5W7J8L54osxwsesZtAFkjX0VPFINOYu9tleaQLfw4G5A4f3agw0V7_fi91HxvD4eIU5Z_V1smoa57s3zl2CC2VqSTsKHLMCV9CSewIs/w279-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.14%20AM.png" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Woman's wedding ensemble, Priscilla of Boston, c. 1986.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVNzNNjprAinA093NO8S_2KIGLE6IoMeyMEz5A7HdexnMZl07LrC_ywbpgn42Rwa-WDf47VFRKTvsK9WUWUnxHSR--bCh0-DWEqFwlmpN4GOMkQLXL_5XPmqj7hYx_cA0CRLBkT5FSOmrpD7DRYG5S9Ob7Tk-5fGrS0w_LRECEaovl6x-mZhNr96lVDs/s1880/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="1172" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVNzNNjprAinA093NO8S_2KIGLE6IoMeyMEz5A7HdexnMZl07LrC_ywbpgn42Rwa-WDf47VFRKTvsK9WUWUnxHSR--bCh0-DWEqFwlmpN4GOMkQLXL_5XPmqj7hYx_cA0CRLBkT5FSOmrpD7DRYG5S9Ob7Tk-5fGrS0w_LRECEaovl6x-mZhNr96lVDs/w249-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.17.29%20AM.png" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Detail, machine-made lace.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXGvKL1ulkqd8BHHvA5oRZ0lmopCjYVnpx5C8arOcuWb-ODUuX-bLW6OuhTW7FIEpU0o9mRAx08cEC6afaTcnNPBrkyF-Augt1UMfycHQVi-Mso-B2uQV2VJ9Kwru2pWuV32GxUknoOBaGJtE0BWlXo_knYtfbA9oVg71XiwbLuemcs8if06I1LWqyAY/s1924/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.18.17%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1924" data-original-width="1180" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXGvKL1ulkqd8BHHvA5oRZ0lmopCjYVnpx5C8arOcuWb-ODUuX-bLW6OuhTW7FIEpU0o9mRAx08cEC6afaTcnNPBrkyF-Augt1UMfycHQVi-Mso-B2uQV2VJ9Kwru2pWuV32GxUknoOBaGJtE0BWlXo_knYtfbA9oVg71XiwbLuemcs8if06I1LWqyAY/w245-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.18.17%20AM.png" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Wedding dress, Geoffrey Beene, 2002. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbG8WmrT0Fr94cTJDm3b3LpJRRZ0nDSBbqBYTp8Gj9Jrg6q9ZtlH_UY26F4iJ_3SICYti3rZq70mIXSoyhpeNT0Ubih7ZDX3yXHmmglMPFehlIPxVze4LqPDJn_dMBXq4AumPH1_Ah5EmE4ceZWtK-g2a3clTGwYJMeL8nYsBoVsaMwceZ8MLNW5yz4o/s1850/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.19.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="1270" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbG8WmrT0Fr94cTJDm3b3LpJRRZ0nDSBbqBYTp8Gj9Jrg6q9ZtlH_UY26F4iJ_3SICYti3rZq70mIXSoyhpeNT0Ubih7ZDX3yXHmmglMPFehlIPxVze4LqPDJn_dMBXq4AumPH1_Ah5EmE4ceZWtK-g2a3clTGwYJMeL8nYsBoVsaMwceZ8MLNW5yz4o/w275-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2010.19.00%20AM.png" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding dress, Priscilla of Boston, 2011.</span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">A word about Priscilla of Boston - this was a bridal boutique on Boston's fashionable Newbury Street until 2011. Learn more about <a href="https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0557">Priscilla Comins Kidder</a> at the Smithsonian archive.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In addition to the dress, of course, there are all the other wedding outfit accoutrements - undergarments, shoes, headpieces and veils, hosiery, and jewelry. The MFA has a good collection of these artifacts too. As someone who knits I was impressed by a pair of stockings from 1855, below. </p></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTMIjKXngFv3OwCSUGYhPLH6yuWwwkH50ggh133n9YXy6VM3J6Zt0ML17Ih1211GqAwjGDgZU1CBoQTL6ezvgRuAL_QdCA9vUi7BWeNS27Nb6g5OtsoUAf7TKwK0IoRfu0jZskhyRO8eXYKe0BrBhoj2FwfZUfZGHxxPX7bPDClkIqE5IUUucpzMxGiw/s1928/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.45.22%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1928" data-original-width="1298" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTMIjKXngFv3OwCSUGYhPLH6yuWwwkH50ggh133n9YXy6VM3J6Zt0ML17Ih1211GqAwjGDgZU1CBoQTL6ezvgRuAL_QdCA9vUi7BWeNS27Nb6g5OtsoUAf7TKwK0IoRfu0jZskhyRO8eXYKe0BrBhoj2FwfZUfZGHxxPX7bPDClkIqE5IUUucpzMxGiw/w269-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.45.22%20AM.png" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">One of a pair of wedding stockings, American, 1855.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQSh2BfrWsmV5aZk8dnYRtf4PiiTAsmdSmRLJUvXdcYlcUcia5bRoPYmV8MYWPOU9P6IJeiXET0mA8xR0IfgQqn5xX3JjbjF-a3cjbQoTLZKTxvRRm8GY01WpIOtNhIvjrLWo3Rx9hDrT5pgvu8hpnAqgqOJJntZ5F5HkkRe9V8a5DyYO-wLPJggahHM/s1728/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.48.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQSh2BfrWsmV5aZk8dnYRtf4PiiTAsmdSmRLJUvXdcYlcUcia5bRoPYmV8MYWPOU9P6IJeiXET0mA8xR0IfgQqn5xX3JjbjF-a3cjbQoTLZKTxvRRm8GY01WpIOtNhIvjrLWo3Rx9hDrT5pgvu8hpnAqgqOJJntZ5F5HkkRe9V8a5DyYO-wLPJggahHM/w314-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.48.04%20AM.png" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding corset, made by Ann Priscilla Watson, 1839.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">Although I didn't save my wedding dress, I do have an image of my cake topper, below. I used to have red hair, but, unlike the plastic bride figure, I still have both my arms.</p></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixun4zL5dgPVR6zk9Qi5SZNGwU8w_b6E8IwjdoisKZxA3wzSoJMFNAxIwqQi6Wu3aNfQEdxmOQ8sudEan1PQPrLm8Y8FiOuj9_ZU_RYk3KQiu2Ie4wvVAw_fDYmjH-ohJrpkYoDLgUFz3VJJdUmrY3igmee_lv8Zjohmve3DUC4K9R1Qexva-3MOTuBUo/s1910/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.54.38%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixun4zL5dgPVR6zk9Qi5SZNGwU8w_b6E8IwjdoisKZxA3wzSoJMFNAxIwqQi6Wu3aNfQEdxmOQ8sudEan1PQPrLm8Y8FiOuj9_ZU_RYk3KQiu2Ie4wvVAw_fDYmjH-ohJrpkYoDLgUFz3VJJdUmrY3igmee_lv8Zjohmve3DUC4K9R1Qexva-3MOTuBUo/w261-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-15%20at%2011.54.38%20AM.png" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wedding cake topper, maker unknown, 1978.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-8718725212587670212023-06-26T08:54:00.000-04:002023-06-26T08:54:11.839-04:00What That Quilt Knows About Me - American Folk Art Museum<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWtQ57MEoGDtTN8d9Wsohw1UMoh484J2KvHst8Nf9cfO13gGR273ofGkanp3hrlhoexuHJHvk2Ybtf4TUR_mntwpTpbGNNUZuyLB7mF7zdroKr8bul4vvNC8AoA39JYa9Ho161bQAlZ9IICCxtxK7NMPXGvbEvOZXrBt94_OKl6y-Mig8oJaD_EKr/s1544/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.47.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWtQ57MEoGDtTN8d9Wsohw1UMoh484J2KvHst8Nf9cfO13gGR273ofGkanp3hrlhoexuHJHvk2Ybtf4TUR_mntwpTpbGNNUZuyLB7mF7zdroKr8bul4vvNC8AoA39JYa9Ho161bQAlZ9IICCxtxK7NMPXGvbEvOZXrBt94_OKl6y-Mig8oJaD_EKr/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.47.47%20PM.png" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Whole cloth quilt, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In May DH and I joined a docent-led tour of the exhibit <a href="https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/whatthatquiltknowsaboutme/"><i>What That Quilt Knows About Me</i></a> at the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan. The title of the exhibit is from a quote attributed to an anonymous needleworker:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"My whole life is in that quilt...my hopes and fears, my joys and sorrows, my loves and hates. I tremble sometimes when I remember what that quilt know about me." <br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXIZDYaOLb4Mbp3TUhEZYK8TDJqTkPFvhzje6XBT3fj63FVj9yH5P3mBKsf8P5bSWRizQx8033oX-NEKTEpeE7cdOgtWx6kFdDwpAlaGF7SXo9uFSdSGb_OA9Mqv_3ZQ7t2vrDtWA_NvUa-E1OssnDNo76WKqGKeALCwlg0SsThvhcGzV_tpSpp1EfFg/s1828/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%2010.18.57%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1460" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXIZDYaOLb4Mbp3TUhEZYK8TDJqTkPFvhzje6XBT3fj63FVj9yH5P3mBKsf8P5bSWRizQx8033oX-NEKTEpeE7cdOgtWx6kFdDwpAlaGF7SXo9uFSdSGb_OA9Mqv_3ZQ7t2vrDtWA_NvUa-E1OssnDNo76WKqGKeALCwlg0SsThvhcGzV_tpSpp1EfFg/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%2010.18.57%20AM.png" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My own sub-title for the exhibit might might be "if this quilt could talk..." People have long imbued inanimate objects with special meaning, especially objects made with precious materials or involving skilled artisanship. From the wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>The notion that these objects [quilts] have the capacity for "knowing" - containing information or narratives about the human experience - expands the scope of the textile beyond its maker, exploring how material things can gather, retain, and pass down histories of the individual, family and community. </blockquote><p>So, although remarkable, some of the quilts may not feature refined technique or look like the color-coordinated and sophisticated award-winning quilts seen at contemporary quilt shows. However, the works present insights into the life and stories of the women (and the occasional man) who made them. </p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPnPZMsL9WSemxm4Dwlu0Bl5ai4aViyt03QfAbwAKDa2Avkks5bW8Cdo_qOeUn5jXZlGEN1-n1AhtFQORQqCN6n3VzxubjEy1eiA8ivbAQ3hoD9R2iet4IG5RITu0i7dAHQfoFb03o_Jy-0F3pO7mGaOjPOrY80cOOgnwXIQwNjpCcj5UtaFO7KjPmyc/s1484/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%207.00.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPnPZMsL9WSemxm4Dwlu0Bl5ai4aViyt03QfAbwAKDa2Avkks5bW8Cdo_qOeUn5jXZlGEN1-n1AhtFQORQqCN6n3VzxubjEy1eiA8ivbAQ3hoD9R2iet4IG5RITu0i7dAHQfoFb03o_Jy-0F3pO7mGaOjPOrY80cOOgnwXIQwNjpCcj5UtaFO7KjPmyc/w338-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%207.00.25%20PM.png" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Bird of Paradise quilt top</i>, maker unknown, 1858-1863.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This quilt top, made in the Albany region of New York state, was never made into a finished quilt but was preserved and found its way into the museum's collection. Not only did this quilt top survive but so did some of the paper templates used to make the appliques motifs; see the templates in the image below.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANts7B_GewR9f3GxMXIdG5hV1p7ZaGP0FkxAteL5ZfZ2zhThAPvNJnoFv-mB3CMLQB49akmx-k_LC3VQ5NWebsV7jdv1tnGr1-apjB3dlchcbXzEOzFue4jB_0Y7cXD4qXAv0TdXCgs2tHvebrNtyvkaiYkpu5Fps4BcPtmDN7gGj70rF1sE4pnu3hI/s1312/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%207.01.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1312" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANts7B_GewR9f3GxMXIdG5hV1p7ZaGP0FkxAteL5ZfZ2zhThAPvNJnoFv-mB3CMLQB49akmx-k_LC3VQ5NWebsV7jdv1tnGr1-apjB3dlchcbXzEOzFue4jB_0Y7cXD4qXAv0TdXCgs2tHvebrNtyvkaiYkpu5Fps4BcPtmDN7gGj70rF1sE4pnu3hI/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%207.01.58%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Paper templates for <i>Bird of Paradise</i> quilt top.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span>Mysteriously, the templates include designs for the the male and female figures but the finished quilt top omits the male figure. We'll never know the reason for the omission - did the man die in the Civil War? Did a planned marriage not take place for some other reason? </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The quilt top features images of contemporaneous popular culture, including famed race horses and a circus elephant named Hannibal, who performed in the region. </span></p></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_UoXKtMJjxA-1Zjuem3noGfU6hfI9rbWxw2z08Za6hpZCN1ZkvytdWs8yw4KfoN62sRGJ6XF9PIuKAzfDN9COCyi6U9ePiwz2wXhd358ctcrQjzWiKUCuWwekdNWkdUAYBoD2Pa-CuNN0CjWySkl_JLw3wgwX-oI_rWStFfKo40rP2-5SaH5Ty_71o/s1880/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.47.15%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1880" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_UoXKtMJjxA-1Zjuem3noGfU6hfI9rbWxw2z08Za6hpZCN1ZkvytdWs8yw4KfoN62sRGJ6XF9PIuKAzfDN9COCyi6U9ePiwz2wXhd358ctcrQjzWiKUCuWwekdNWkdUAYBoD2Pa-CuNN0CjWySkl_JLw3wgwX-oI_rWStFfKo40rP2-5SaH5Ty_71o/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.47.15%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bird of Paradise quilt top, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another applique quilt is below, and conveys the maker's love of color and of chickens. This quilt was made by Mississippi life-long quilter Pearlie Posey (1894-1984) shortly before she died. Ms Posey's mother died young, so she learned techniques from her grandmother. From the wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Posey saw quilting as part of her legacy to her family. Perhaps remembering her mother, she said, "...if the Lord take me and I leave you...I say you'll have some covers."<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBE4qtc98cw77p8iY8J2xC0SwjPIDa_4Tbg5B8mkqpgQuQDuDIvr72BbSNtDqR-2xFMGE4OsaEIojE5SCkRRGpAfuF7b7ahxUJPCispqFCy_3Q-CSQAqCsUiG49h5HVlB-2uUCnxCAv8HKfO5LOsdHX_fBGVOg5yNsl1M-kAPA8p8z4uU0MeZT_SD2i_8/s1644/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.48.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1432" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBE4qtc98cw77p8iY8J2xC0SwjPIDa_4Tbg5B8mkqpgQuQDuDIvr72BbSNtDqR-2xFMGE4OsaEIojE5SCkRRGpAfuF7b7ahxUJPCispqFCy_3Q-CSQAqCsUiG49h5HVlB-2uUCnxCAv8HKfO5LOsdHX_fBGVOg5yNsl1M-kAPA8p8z4uU0MeZT_SD2i_8/w349-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%206.48.42%20PM.png" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Hens Quilt</i>, 1981. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIgg6Odbr-7cBjm2zQRATqQf323bG9kD0knWpnXUTlqXJN6NWhzpjr-KNk7kdGYd7aP2IXRd-uvg7cwtbRGjoeLHQ6ewkFCmGuF2snfZMJSy0M_obY1gln5kMnpjd3EaEHilQasboX-TO8swvd8jHxQNFjkbKsNbJQyn8NbA2di7Wgp1ccB9WCF3d5h0/s1636/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.30.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1340" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIgg6Odbr-7cBjm2zQRATqQf323bG9kD0knWpnXUTlqXJN6NWhzpjr-KNk7kdGYd7aP2IXRd-uvg7cwtbRGjoeLHQ6ewkFCmGuF2snfZMJSy0M_obY1gln5kMnpjd3EaEHilQasboX-TO8swvd8jHxQNFjkbKsNbJQyn8NbA2di7Wgp1ccB9WCF3d5h0/w328-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.30.23%20AM.png" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Sacret Bibel [sic]</i> quilt top, Susan Arrowood, 1875-1895.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In this quilt the maker depicts stories from the Old and New Testaments and lively scenes possibly from her place of worship. She's labelled some of the vignettes with earnest, if not scholarly, hand-writing and spelling. The detail below show John the Baptist immersing Jesus in the River Jordan.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2UFt8gKm1ndAFkwVAxukC3wOiGHaw84xTF84N7hF9576NF-0v8PWX6Vo9n0uxy1czPZCnPJ5pRfPjYtZ-VtTEzhp8kvaidIld8sWTY0MwNnJhS9A2SLPyaH3tyfD0NFgzq98LDVA3lLI7-MvZlNVV88GbHkbwXSMKqdCcDUu5hb_qjJDy3HxdbFZ1x0/s1704/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.31.03%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1704" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2UFt8gKm1ndAFkwVAxukC3wOiGHaw84xTF84N7hF9576NF-0v8PWX6Vo9n0uxy1czPZCnPJ5pRfPjYtZ-VtTEzhp8kvaidIld8sWTY0MwNnJhS9A2SLPyaH3tyfD0NFgzq98LDVA3lLI7-MvZlNVV88GbHkbwXSMKqdCcDUu5hb_qjJDy3HxdbFZ1x0/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.31.03%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Detail, <i>Sacret Bibel</i> quilt top. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">The exhibit also includes applique quilts from the tradition of Baltimore Album quilts (image below), made by women with the resources to use purpose-bought materials and the time to construct elaborate blocks and border designs. From the wall text:</p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Although many Baltimore quilts are associated with Christian communities, this spectacular example is part of a group possibly linked with the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. Founded in 1830, by the time this quilt was made the congregation was meeting at the Lloyd Street synagogue, one of the oldest in the United States.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Baltimore album quilts are known as an exceptionally colorful and playful regional tradition, springing in part from the accessibility of a wide range of textiles imported into the city's bustling port. At the height of popularity in the mid-19th century, they are recognizable for their use of pictorial applique - free-form fabric cut-outs applied to the larger background of the quilt. Each block consists of an individual vignette, highlighting the creativity of the quilter(s) and coming together to form an "album," from which this style takes its name.<br /></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynyUDOi-cwg0ZaaN2ENqNCZgqskbxeSTIj_35ZoddZ2vK2GRs7z4-RtKMVKsEjJ5z9QDjUB5T1pRafiMJzd5jlyVCOYvb5Hofw3TofFfc9xypTYHXzINctlMgRUQYJC6FjlZcR9B4CFVqi9FtemnfqvDc-NH952MITJxf2nPnPiRFH4kpL4E1wR5Pnf8/s1274/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.44.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynyUDOi-cwg0ZaaN2ENqNCZgqskbxeSTIj_35ZoddZ2vK2GRs7z4-RtKMVKsEjJ5z9QDjUB5T1pRafiMJzd5jlyVCOYvb5Hofw3TofFfc9xypTYHXzINctlMgRUQYJC6FjlZcR9B4CFVqi9FtemnfqvDc-NH952MITJxf2nPnPiRFH4kpL4E1wR5Pnf8/w395-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-20%20at%2010.44.49%20AM.png" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Reiter Family Album Quilt</i>, 1848-1850.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some quilts include both piecing and appliqué techniques, such as the quilt below, one of the oldest in the exhibit. This quilt includes fabulous antique printed fabrics, including a central block printed by printer John Hewson (1744-1821). The dating of the quilt itself is given as a range from 1790-1810. It's important to remember that women would have collected fabrics - remnants from dress-making, home decoration etc. - for some time before these pieces would have been combined into a quilt, along with special fabrics such as the central panel and the lengths for the exuberant borders. I have a quilt made in the 1920's for my mother by my great-grandmother using fabrics from the 19th century.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUOYwcwZInep67qxL7OIYoIGmqc8LGcvhUqJ3fGod_GBE48lWROrbRh4N0hNmnfkVtPO4xwnmm0NNc8ITJNymHCVnuen9JDr-26HKYzKh5GilqhG9tzyGZa-vKtnyy887vwYzPUX3M2bJs2YZ5bGpBiuppRmDQdl1-7PpypF6Kb0omy_l99QQ91f7jRQ/s1508/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.22.55%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUOYwcwZInep67qxL7OIYoIGmqc8LGcvhUqJ3fGod_GBE48lWROrbRh4N0hNmnfkVtPO4xwnmm0NNc8ITJNymHCVnuen9JDr-26HKYzKh5GilqhG9tzyGZa-vKtnyy887vwYzPUX3M2bJs2YZ5bGpBiuppRmDQdl1-7PpypF6Kb0omy_l99QQ91f7jRQ/w346-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.22.55%20AM.png" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Hewson-Center Quilt</i>, maker unknown.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This quilt has interesting connections to early American history. From the wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The textiles of British-born American patrior John Hewson demonstrate the trans-Atlantic popularity of natural motifs, such as the lively birds, butterflies, and flowers seen in the center of this quilt. However, this charming imagery presents a stark contrast to the histories of conflict in which textiles and other luxury products were embroiled in the 18th century.</span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Block-printer John Hewson immigrated to Philadelphia from London in 1773, a time when the trans-Atlantic exchange of textiles and other trade goods, like tea, were a great point of contention in the growing Revolutionary clash. Although British regulations hampered domestic textiles production, Hewson set up his own printworks in his adopted city, bringing his London-honed skills to the American market.</span></p></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">Later in his career, he would further advocate for the American textile industry by sending yards of his fabric to Martha Washington, encouraging the President's wife to sport locally-made chintz with pride. During the Revolution, Hewson also supported the American cause by joining the Philadelphia militia. He was captured by the British but returned to his business after his release.</span></blockquote><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-CzfeafCxcfYO6KGVhUcpnQrWIVS2Ys5KVylQcNw5vNeCPdBtLuseUfn-OOTZdNJ0ZEAp303qFBjTrybNutDne3AAxZ64b571Au_XQ8zjkgBs_6XeTpTuDvjU1ggsDDLysq1zWaKAWXm-TOEVVme2c_CVQ51nziu31u-D2Jx-0PzaX3npA_GyV_1uG4/s1478/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.23.20%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-CzfeafCxcfYO6KGVhUcpnQrWIVS2Ys5KVylQcNw5vNeCPdBtLuseUfn-OOTZdNJ0ZEAp303qFBjTrybNutDne3AAxZ64b571Au_XQ8zjkgBs_6XeTpTuDvjU1ggsDDLysq1zWaKAWXm-TOEVVme2c_CVQ51nziu31u-D2Jx-0PzaX3npA_GyV_1uG4/w389-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.23.20%20AM.png" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hewson panel quilt, detail.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj4XrWsR7HFT79NY6an-qU8dKwEfXlGwQfR4WkZPwmVU8HOQeL_kaz1D8S1bk9D7_S4WyBPyHt9uoYX-DoUhYcmZALXjG6qE7GRffrRuXPJ4dVmyNZCkGOfuJHbk5O_-3nxUUqBiFJINXdYQq_9vKz8Sd9x0m-HPv9VJHPCrYxphqgHGtmt_BLeWrKyI/s1820/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.24.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="1396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj4XrWsR7HFT79NY6an-qU8dKwEfXlGwQfR4WkZPwmVU8HOQeL_kaz1D8S1bk9D7_S4WyBPyHt9uoYX-DoUhYcmZALXjG6qE7GRffrRuXPJ4dVmyNZCkGOfuJHbk5O_-3nxUUqBiFJINXdYQq_9vKz8Sd9x0m-HPv9VJHPCrYxphqgHGtmt_BLeWrKyI/w306-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%209.24.00%20AM.png" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hewson panel quilt, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">Another 19th century is shown below, and it's interesting not only because of its stellar workmanship but because an old note attached to the back indicated it was made by Black needlewomen who were enslaved and worked in the household of the Kentucky plantation called the The Knob. Based on stylist similarities to another masterpiece quilt in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this quilt has been attributed to sisters Ellen Morton Littlejohn (c. 1826-n.d.) and Margaret Morton (c. 1833-1880). Both quilts feature blocks enhanced by <i>trapunto</i> technique; that is stuffing the motif with additional batting or other fill, embellishing the design in low relief. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCL3Y6gyXlkBbL7y0vpbWVyhkVRpbOQNcKKSQnYuiVxgGNarsCzFr2Z36VRKuhrggeRKygqpKkQF9NYlv58ZjRc4d23ohm2ay4tknFhW2_VolSOvofRjm1PSy7Xa03_wUf7cBh5dGNVbmie6VzwQ3MfzilJ0K_qHkcoNgAMMu272MaV197fyG0Vg9bDw/s1382/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.21.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1382" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCL3Y6gyXlkBbL7y0vpbWVyhkVRpbOQNcKKSQnYuiVxgGNarsCzFr2Z36VRKuhrggeRKygqpKkQF9NYlv58ZjRc4d23ohm2ay4tknFhW2_VolSOvofRjm1PSy7Xa03_wUf7cBh5dGNVbmie6VzwQ3MfzilJ0K_qHkcoNgAMMu272MaV197fyG0Vg9bDw/w400-h348/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.21.39%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Whig Rose and Swag Border Quilt</i>, 1850</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPjz3arydyPuDoLBa-hR-LOoztwjgPgmxCCPoXClEFWOSU2k9tqp86_zn8JEaUoogzZKrcxYQderzTTvy9j_A-MHbRnmVS0RUbwk-h7GVfYOF7E3Un2qPaPXZhrxAu7JPN6JOItkoYZMoMZ4JgpODyyYIzRJ8X2_Xn8AUpi_K7H6c6VRB4-bqRUjgino/s1778/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.22.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1778" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPjz3arydyPuDoLBa-hR-LOoztwjgPgmxCCPoXClEFWOSU2k9tqp86_zn8JEaUoogzZKrcxYQderzTTvy9j_A-MHbRnmVS0RUbwk-h7GVfYOF7E3Un2qPaPXZhrxAu7JPN6JOItkoYZMoMZ4JgpODyyYIzRJ8X2_Xn8AUpi_K7H6c6VRB4-bqRUjgino/w400-h316/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.22.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Whig Rose and Swag Border Quilt</i>, detail of <i>trapunto.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">Another quilt from this time period helps demonstrate the breadth of quilt designs and traditions. I love the deep orange referred to in quilt studies as "cheddar" and the quilt top below glows with it. The quilt top was made by Sarah "Sallie" Ann Garges (c.1833 -c.1901.)<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wQ61A70dScNcBBYEUNy2cO4yB9hTDU1wjWjCm5kDGET2o3N53iY5QlB1-RFTD31PIyCwNT2LsE6lB0-eu5c8LAkkueRAe_Rn11NnNNjW2vkd_UXy2qJVi-xVGUg3utEzBmGeNUg2G7q7so-y7XDizbKyc9kO34x_Ctz7UF18S4UqVa_RA2HneaJEaTM/s1248/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.36.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1248" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wQ61A70dScNcBBYEUNy2cO4yB9hTDU1wjWjCm5kDGET2o3N53iY5QlB1-RFTD31PIyCwNT2LsE6lB0-eu5c8LAkkueRAe_Rn11NnNNjW2vkd_UXy2qJVi-xVGUg3utEzBmGeNUg2G7q7so-y7XDizbKyc9kO34x_Ctz7UF18S4UqVa_RA2HneaJEaTM/w400-h399/Screenshot%202023-06-21%20at%2012.36.36%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Applique Bedcover</i>, Sallie Ann Garges, 1853. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"> From the wall text:</p></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">This quilt top conceals a mystery: at center right, beside the two white cow, an amorphous yellow patch obscures a male figure. Why was he cover up? We will probably never know the quilter's reasons for removing him from the scene. Garges' determination to conceal him suggests the specific and personal nature of her work. Rather than generalized figures, the characters populating her quilt may well have been intended to represent people from her life.</p></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">According to family tradition, the bedcover was made to celebrate the engagement of Sarah "Sallie" Ann Garges to her groom Oliver Shutt. Scenes from agricultural life enliven the geometric composition, likely draw from everyday experiences on the family farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Grounding the design with a house and a barn at either end of the central diamond, Garges depicts men at work, hunting, plowing, and chopping. Distinctive motifs such as a beehive, squirrels, and bugs further personalize the scene. The quilter intialed and dated her work in the center with the year of her engagement, 1853, and signed her initials "SAG." Garges had three brothers, but one died young, suggesting a possible candidate for the covered figure.</p></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">Of course, another mystery is why the top was never quilted - was it meant to be more of an informal throw? </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDsmsp2eo8Fs_b5j1-r06QI40kYPkwO-BZz1SzzybMmnODPJ0uM_foLsvjVikeTZYRejI4tIRNbO0a9WmDViwf6IChhvgcLyf9krpoNcJnuU2p1vMq5uoekmtqImjXWAYkvg1OuePctLEf2vTymipvTuAQAEbnX_3_ODkxAdiHU1ZbL4Og-Qe70ghVTc/s1870/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.08.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1870" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDsmsp2eo8Fs_b5j1-r06QI40kYPkwO-BZz1SzzybMmnODPJ0uM_foLsvjVikeTZYRejI4tIRNbO0a9WmDViwf6IChhvgcLyf9krpoNcJnuU2p1vMq5uoekmtqImjXWAYkvg1OuePctLEf2vTymipvTuAQAEbnX_3_ODkxAdiHU1ZbL4Og-Qe70ghVTc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.08.48%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Applique bedcover,</i> detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">The exhibit is not only wide-reaching with regard to time period, but also geography. The quilt below is attributed to Mary Sherman Thompson and is thought to be a wedding gift. </p></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">American missionaries introduced Anglo-style quilting to the islands in the 19th century but the native Hawaiians transformed this imported craft into a style all their own. Moreover, quilts often featured symbols of heritage and culture from many sources and polities. According to the curators:</p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also referred to by the title Ku'u Hae Aloha or "My Beloved Flag," this rare 19th-century quilt carries powerful political meaning. Consisting of four flags centered on the royal crest, the work follows a 19th-century pattern expressing pride in Hawaiian sovereignty. In a complex entanglement of ideals, these flags are based on WEstern symbols, includ the Union Jack of Great Britain, who royal government provided a model for the Kingdom of Hawaii when it was founded in the late 18th century.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hawaiian flag quilts gained further symbolic potency when the monarchy was later deposed. In 1893, a coup was staged against Queen Lili'uokalani - carried out primarily by Americans or Hawaiians of American descent - leading to the eventual annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Flag quilts took on the additional poignancy of stolen independence. Quilting practice also inserted itself into Hawaiian political history when, while imprisoned during this era, the queen herself turned to the craft. Her work can now be seen at Hawaii's Iolani Palace. </span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ8BWxinM67dq1i7YL77iUD_FSx3qYHSfOpOCXHmAuoB6y0mdydrl_kbaZNkyQEGUXXSpmX7XVWQIScWDzbdI1O-SdnWO87aPfPeDuongwHD1-xK0qH3WjiOTXLGUSWZon7IZO4yx5pzfL-4EL4puedrws0zPG1P2QH4BDxfFpnIXN85Yks2gCcOUPLg/s1362/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.11.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1288" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ8BWxinM67dq1i7YL77iUD_FSx3qYHSfOpOCXHmAuoB6y0mdydrl_kbaZNkyQEGUXXSpmX7XVWQIScWDzbdI1O-SdnWO87aPfPeDuongwHD1-xK0qH3WjiOTXLGUSWZon7IZO4yx5pzfL-4EL4puedrws0zPG1P2QH4BDxfFpnIXN85Yks2gCcOUPLg/w379-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.11.43%20AM.png" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Hawaiian Flag Quilt</i>, attributed to Mary Thompson, late 19th c.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">Another quilt which features a melding of traditions is the pieced quilt below, made by a woman born in Japan who learned to quilt in the United States. The many small, expertly pieced blocks in this work utilized antique Japanese kimono fabrics.</p></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFGgwRLupubonsWb4MRpBSFTEzozmk5RQ8c_kfLU2-Xid4jUoegBIzXeEHg298nurxiSmAsQvk8UxWhULv4unOyt2PRCg0jC87CK_3MuNoK8XRmapgn8xv2zY-9YJ-Pe99qmWCPR18h3vAjsW6La3eHNduHZhcI5w97-uhuXVmbngd47YQUcm5R0kAzA/s1644/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.54.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFGgwRLupubonsWb4MRpBSFTEzozmk5RQ8c_kfLU2-Xid4jUoegBIzXeEHg298nurxiSmAsQvk8UxWhULv4unOyt2PRCg0jC87CK_3MuNoK8XRmapgn8xv2zY-9YJ-Pe99qmWCPR18h3vAjsW6La3eHNduHZhcI5w97-uhuXVmbngd47YQUcm5R0kAzA/w380-h640/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.54.17%20AM.png" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Yuen no Akari: Light from Far-Away Space</i>. Setsuko Obi, 2001.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-vhoHrO1pZ-HS_yto259SQ3Eo-2EJmRR89cArtY0aRXD_Z_913jxPUb79swuiWxgAPcM7ltvvMHdLTRdj7-H9gZLRjd6tiJiOCe9k11XzbebcZuFtJUixnEWpah7YVgwf-4zkHIC5lW-lxEcXY-CSUankzx_CCA8pFYA3XmiMWEKPn0EqsYhD4JXJYI/s1844/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.54.44%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-vhoHrO1pZ-HS_yto259SQ3Eo-2EJmRR89cArtY0aRXD_Z_913jxPUb79swuiWxgAPcM7ltvvMHdLTRdj7-H9gZLRjd6tiJiOCe9k11XzbebcZuFtJUixnEWpah7YVgwf-4zkHIC5lW-lxEcXY-CSUankzx_CCA8pFYA3XmiMWEKPn0EqsYhD4JXJYI/w309-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-23%20at%209.54.44%20AM.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Light from Far-Away Space</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;">Finally, more about the quilt which opened this blog post. That first image is a detail of the quilt below, in the detail image that is the first picture of this post. I've considerably lightened the image to show the texture of the quilting, which the wall text notes as "...lavish ornamental stitching across the entire surface of the bedcovering." More from the wall text:</p></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Referred to as "whole-cloth" quilts, such works are made of large pieces of fabric in solid colors. The tradition of pieced quilts, which join together many small patches of fabric, developed later in the 19th century.</p><div style="text-align: left;">Whole-cloth quilts were also made in England, and immigrant women brought the practice to the American Northeast. 18th-century petticoats could also be intricately quilted. Women covered themselves with the skilled work of the needleworker's hand - perhaps their own, that of a family member, or a professional seamstress - throughout the day and into the night. </div></blockquote></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cVNn8rMf8SHORpsvd6aFXdjDa8N2Sbe4Jvhhny-ZQhMK4aNZwjs2469HUxvvCCO16ZZcHpXAHNU7cuDOrj9-jl8UEjkw03o09EkVHmB8GsbqGOJF1Zb1IeGdPySjBKgRoqnNxlcE2nxqWeNeGKHf9zMEwqSP4ZDfXVge7TiLNYokp1_OTtC_90n5Wac/s1478/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20at%208.24.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1154" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cVNn8rMf8SHORpsvd6aFXdjDa8N2Sbe4Jvhhny-ZQhMK4aNZwjs2469HUxvvCCO16ZZcHpXAHNU7cuDOrj9-jl8UEjkw03o09EkVHmB8GsbqGOJF1Zb1IeGdPySjBKgRoqnNxlcE2nxqWeNeGKHf9zMEwqSP4ZDfXVge7TiLNYokp1_OTtC_90n5Wac/w313-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20at%208.24.11%20AM.png" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Whole Cloth Quilt,</i> maker unknown, New England, early 18th c.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-27196959074913071572023-05-31T20:21:00.002-04:002023-05-31T20:27:39.207-04:00The Beauty of Chiso: Kimono Couture<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k4oVf5ursdMdImJ_du6csUfjIEPDegT7NRgumJey2R8cw9-e1dGFIX58Hgf3z96QAwXeZIEXEc0MseoeM2IgPXhDGSgp1braIJ5K2FGHt5ztPuWDsUir5qSp0tCXZlZSMWpWk50E4b_PANmUfa_d6CSCvFM6U9Ij8DTcUNQjv9upyFzqhIqzuOfZ/s2236/chiso_kimono.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="1868" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k4oVf5ursdMdImJ_du6csUfjIEPDegT7NRgumJey2R8cw9-e1dGFIX58Hgf3z96QAwXeZIEXEc0MseoeM2IgPXhDGSgp1braIJ5K2FGHt5ztPuWDsUir5qSp0tCXZlZSMWpWk50E4b_PANmUfa_d6CSCvFM6U9Ij8DTcUNQjv9upyFzqhIqzuOfZ/w334-h400/chiso_kimono.png" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Book about the Kyoto-based kimono maker Chiso.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Worcester Art Museum had a significant exhibit of kimono history in 2021, entitled <i><a href="https://www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/kimono-in-print/">The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design</a></i>. I didn't make it to that show, celebrating Japan's national costume, but am grateful for the internet's ability to give me a fair substitute for in-person attendance.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An interactive online exhibit<i>,<a href="https://kimonocouture.worcesterart.org/"> The Beauty of Chiso: Kimono Couture</a></i>, features the almost 500-year-old Chiso textile firm, based in Kyoto. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Chiso developed a unique kimono for the Worcester Art Museum exhibit - the fabric design is featured on the cover of the book, above. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The publication accompanying the exhibit, in the image above, includes chapters on the long history of Chiso, sources of inspiration, innovations in surface design, and the kimono development process. In addition to two dozen color plates and additional illustrations, the book also has a useful glossary and a graphic explaining the components of a kimono. I love the fabric design in the image below, Plate 17 in the book. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1KkA4lMNYyigoCt7DuwfTvXkE3ZIfZoez0miEYIhCASabzpjBvun2dunvx3WH_iBIvGVIUL1DE_y0l7vQ4QG17zQla6LxmQoVSfBEOS2u16qUYg10Ss9StbxcQRXei26fXmakC_0Z_gDWtDoKBa_eKxmJ0YtI97cIEdtURChShCflcRb2avjV_tj/s2156/chiso.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="1744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1KkA4lMNYyigoCt7DuwfTvXkE3ZIfZoez0miEYIhCASabzpjBvun2dunvx3WH_iBIvGVIUL1DE_y0l7vQ4QG17zQla6LxmQoVSfBEOS2u16qUYg10Ss9StbxcQRXei26fXmakC_0Z_gDWtDoKBa_eKxmJ0YtI97cIEdtURChShCflcRb2avjV_tj/w324-h400/chiso.png" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Tatsuta River Design,</i> silk crepe, 1890, designer Imao Keinen.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> Catalog ISBN: 978-1-911282-66-2</span><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-44338900390180119562023-05-29T10:53:00.002-04:002023-05-29T10:53:55.321-04:00Death and the Maid - Cecily Brown at The Met<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzVSUOM0zVj4y66cFThg4IVgKxGZDfH4tNZwKWqthtnYSa9iaSdM9dPdC_pERFec0cVkan7P-vDvuq53ydLBEf7LvGiM3hAWk_x-icTSOi-wjRL1NR6XdI1lnmnLfI7znyKOoMhNzJ0UXhG1tYj6rnsqx0DVvKH8zPJGBMB4wsrIaDoFrY4eB-BcD/s1926/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.02.01%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1926" data-original-width="1424" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzVSUOM0zVj4y66cFThg4IVgKxGZDfH4tNZwKWqthtnYSa9iaSdM9dPdC_pERFec0cVkan7P-vDvuq53ydLBEf7LvGiM3hAWk_x-icTSOi-wjRL1NR6XdI1lnmnLfI7znyKOoMhNzJ0UXhG1tYj6rnsqx0DVvKH8zPJGBMB4wsrIaDoFrY4eB-BcD/w296-h400/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.02.01%20AM.png" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Viewers enjoy the exhibit.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In April we visited family in New York and viewed <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/cecily-brown-death-and-the-maid">Death and the Maid</a>, an retrospective exhibit of work by New York City-based artist Cecily Brown. The exhibit, including about 20 paintings as well as monotypes and sketches, was favorably reviewed in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/arts/design/cecily-brown-metropolitan-museum-painter.html?unlocked_article_code=T63g0YG9cd4o0H4a0wPyDOT2oZfioemYnJY8KYm3MNWCD96jI_ePe0hJv8YLpv6YrWHlM0AyJAUXvrnb7evG025iGFC6Aj19sjDU-2E7lT7FXtIZpifwyqEaD_dQL0drBINBAKeBzHg4HndT9j2NdeVl-qAay2i6gGUMgG-c0oguifD7WEcK0LDXHfKdN1pKY55vf9c2A3iWiRnrXV8_WOMqW-qMbdnY1hdV7WnXdOpykvvuyxRCfEBuXXUzgjPL7Bv0zRx6hnUzK_CLBhHsHt2w9Qe0D8olAPdxQTAFpnbuv858_CLOO3bHIft5BMhzUXMa3huefkGMYJpn2_S1FPO3LofXcOSMWo_iJvKoMU4noujmQRg&smid=url-share">the New York Times</a> and the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cecily-brown-show-new-york-metropolitan-museum-of-art-8e992f1?st=5v36zw990yjbtdm&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Wall Street Journal</a>. It helps to have some knowledge of art history to appreciate the imagery of the paintings, as many of the works connect to earlier artists' work, such as the monotype below. In this work Brown riffs on the genre of <i>vanitas</i> paintings, typically featuring young women fixated, Narcissus-like, on their image in a mirror while the composition forms a skull, a <i>memento mori</i>. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV74pF30oDN0lR2gC7ilfCZPDM49FEoDG6RYjJcN2XDpy58OWSOdkYp4yb6iPsF6SKhgykC3ubcmCZ_jz5lCBChpzcwmqWB7ZA9_Z456stjmFxpC4lyxCdzj9S8n35ueAt6vWx1DgkFMzVfjo6Jzo0DjK0UKu-uljgXg4y2lHQ6pcDo_1P-OJJMq0q/s1716/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%207.55.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV74pF30oDN0lR2gC7ilfCZPDM49FEoDG6RYjJcN2XDpy58OWSOdkYp4yb6iPsF6SKhgykC3ubcmCZ_jz5lCBChpzcwmqWB7ZA9_Z456stjmFxpC4lyxCdzj9S8n35ueAt6vWx1DgkFMzVfjo6Jzo0DjK0UKu-uljgXg4y2lHQ6pcDo_1P-OJJMq0q/w308-h400/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%207.55.30%20AM.png" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>All is Vanity (after Gilbert)</i>, monotype, 2006.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Gilbert" refers to Charles Allen Gilbert, (1873-1929), a popular American illustrator who created the image below. Brown updates this timeless theme for this era of social media and influencers. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JIEWyBiFU8VmRZb2Jva8mxMAcGBQAW4gxgoixmPhlVH2rtJ-4I6f4HH4bMo_LaVr8kgv2tkGfWg5UdwaqtJydX_juqqs037Nc12oU2aUQQhb-OIkuYZKipYQE3OOEOwFmmlLTmAx8v22CN0AGR88IoNsTm96yMltL8Ejq3U1yeSVb9SxilhU6EEG/s1598/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.52.13%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="1058" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JIEWyBiFU8VmRZb2Jva8mxMAcGBQAW4gxgoixmPhlVH2rtJ-4I6f4HH4bMo_LaVr8kgv2tkGfWg5UdwaqtJydX_juqqs037Nc12oU2aUQQhb-OIkuYZKipYQE3OOEOwFmmlLTmAx8v22CN0AGR88IoNsTm96yMltL8Ejq3U1yeSVb9SxilhU6EEG/w265-h400/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.52.13%20AM.png" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>All is Vanity</i>, Gilbert, 1892. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Allan_Gilbert</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The painting which gives the exhibit its title is below and echoes a work by Edvard Munch (1863-1944), which in turn continues the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_the_Maiden_(motif)">long tradition</a> of juxtaposing young women with a skeletal angel of death, a reminder that youth and beauty are fragile and fleeting. Below, two barely discernible vertical figures merge in a frenzied landscape. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2uHKcB9ZwotVgDuLYVwxHoHzUIP-5vAXJREyvPMm1Y5BJeKeFq-VhIi-Dyrex_RqpEsVp8oHOVQAkGnbJYOZYYzbdBKBfrHXe8jTzewXk9DIscEZHvy3JlElxaNDsI4eJg9zbQpwO8ww7gYKnzEKsiBjLvsvvQIND0VS-bw6Oe3bjmpAt6wZ8mgK/s1370/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.59.40%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1370" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2uHKcB9ZwotVgDuLYVwxHoHzUIP-5vAXJREyvPMm1Y5BJeKeFq-VhIi-Dyrex_RqpEsVp8oHOVQAkGnbJYOZYYzbdBKBfrHXe8jTzewXk9DIscEZHvy3JlElxaNDsI4eJg9zbQpwO8ww7gYKnzEKsiBjLvsvvQIND0VS-bw6Oe3bjmpAt6wZ8mgK/w400-h381/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.59.40%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Death and the Maid</i>, 2022. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWMkrhXN-NWFOE03wOleuvb7XqqLuAwZHlb8-lq2UKB0JfGYnAzzh9xYI2D__f22rkOlly_8Mx58L6_zb-vdDJ3VhXfoi72XbgxoVMZrmGuoKS0aSGXUcCFV6wTd9h1NDiFT8TgA3dET4KPNT_WRzRLJ3kQShKA9w96uwyZyY727dfP4xkCbC9iWK/s1764/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.12.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="1156" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWMkrhXN-NWFOE03wOleuvb7XqqLuAwZHlb8-lq2UKB0JfGYnAzzh9xYI2D__f22rkOlly_8Mx58L6_zb-vdDJ3VhXfoi72XbgxoVMZrmGuoKS0aSGXUcCFV6wTd9h1NDiFT8TgA3dET4KPNT_WRzRLJ3kQShKA9w96uwyZyY727dfP4xkCbC9iWK/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.12.24%20AM.png" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Death and Life (Death and the Maiden),</i> Edvard Munch, 1894. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/death-and-life/GgGrhNSsviphYA?hl=en</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorites in the show is below, entitled "Selfie" and was painted early in the Covid-19 pandemic. There's a reclining figure in the right foreground, and a mirror and vanity in the right background (with a suggestion of a face). The room is crowded with pictures, shelving, a wall clock; the sense of confinement and containment is palpable. I really enjoy Brown's use of color.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7xhH_KOEFsueNYOOsDJc1rmzw5X5cJp-0WHUShs3NfxcJUIgWnt3tIwgDDk6KmAopzxOMW_0s0VeyJTYE7ylsDsMmC7vuisKhgG0U5NH9RJ2s7qody3j_ntBy1rBCtlQtGd9LG1-Ym0inOfupSW-1M52oP0KpDNaP6UkJuCcXGvF7LbaRHC5sVH/s1398/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%207.58.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1398" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7xhH_KOEFsueNYOOsDJc1rmzw5X5cJp-0WHUShs3NfxcJUIgWnt3tIwgDDk6KmAopzxOMW_0s0VeyJTYE7ylsDsMmC7vuisKhgG0U5NH9RJ2s7qody3j_ntBy1rBCtlQtGd9LG1-Ym0inOfupSW-1M52oP0KpDNaP6UkJuCcXGvF7LbaRHC5sVH/w400-h371/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%207.58.19%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Selfie</i>, 2020.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNjIkiVQ5b93iCx1AiS9H9EmLeITDL_xJAbXCfvrEr02id0UJFJYxMTzZved7J7w9OLH6e3GtoMyLHrTkmFRqwXvDBRkMgdgOHnNcAJ6UznJ9kB1p4iHVeyv3SCBsDzySFiPpecCnWEpG3CIfBkWKwbH-4lFu2hcclZ7zF8qEaV6k57tqtNMTnfPB/s1950/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.45.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNjIkiVQ5b93iCx1AiS9H9EmLeITDL_xJAbXCfvrEr02id0UJFJYxMTzZved7J7w9OLH6e3GtoMyLHrTkmFRqwXvDBRkMgdgOHnNcAJ6UznJ9kB1p4iHVeyv3SCBsDzySFiPpecCnWEpG3CIfBkWKwbH-4lFu2hcclZ7zF8qEaV6k57tqtNMTnfPB/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.45.19%20AM.png" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Selfie</i>, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7hIT8Y-WXmooJSR8TRToQN4bfPmpOKSTe9hRxEeVaeGT5CKyMDzBlyDGJrS7GgxN_y7uv2xVabbXon-_h8DzOaiRUmGLTtSM1c7g0eOht1wZJcnt8iZ5kvVwX9-MyXxBsGNiNcsLtfzYcGmGA4Ox9JblP89xvwmCMPBYcAonkqxYg5aRffwkX81G/s1858/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.45.00%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1858" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7hIT8Y-WXmooJSR8TRToQN4bfPmpOKSTe9hRxEeVaeGT5CKyMDzBlyDGJrS7GgxN_y7uv2xVabbXon-_h8DzOaiRUmGLTtSM1c7g0eOht1wZJcnt8iZ5kvVwX9-MyXxBsGNiNcsLtfzYcGmGA4Ox9JblP89xvwmCMPBYcAonkqxYg5aRffwkX81G/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.45.00%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the exhibit.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another genre which Brown explores is the still life celebrating luscious displays of luxurious foodstuffs, such as lobster, table grapes, cherries. Animals often invade, or lurk in, the scene. We think of this genre with regard to 17th-century Dutch painters but modern painters such as Picasso painted still lifes too, even with a cat.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTNQMLDrgMfBq4mi07lfcSI4p4hrWN7oGT91G6Cevs_AYkQtVSowwU_V3G3sISCkgQ7Ra5oooMY5iIAEZHQQQW3wblxBK2aKxdu-DshboFJFpS9Y0Agh-RSSx-aRaGc-n8uNtiNWxuoSYsWJpqRYtFhb_fsKmGEfJPaMcTR69ko1uvQ-EKFC266r9/s1346/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.57.44%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1346" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTNQMLDrgMfBq4mi07lfcSI4p4hrWN7oGT91G6Cevs_AYkQtVSowwU_V3G3sISCkgQ7Ra5oooMY5iIAEZHQQQW3wblxBK2aKxdu-DshboFJFpS9Y0Agh-RSSx-aRaGc-n8uNtiNWxuoSYsWJpqRYtFhb_fsKmGEfJPaMcTR69ko1uvQ-EKFC266r9/w400-h355/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.57.44%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lobsters, Oysters, Cherries and Pearls</i>, 2020.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZKLN8z0cyXTpgmONQDeEgPx9WaiK4kIMiKaGLvI8D27206DMigpzW5ZbSFoH9KjrKygKq1Rgc0Bf1mHvB_FJauvF3UK5L1RUUvWXBkG1lSPVC6ZsPz5-QzS_XqlIaHjC8EIhjwviHmRjWLgOQ3q7WgCqBCgdz5FPKviQkJDo5BbJnAws6UbMXv8z/s1124/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%2010.25.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZKLN8z0cyXTpgmONQDeEgPx9WaiK4kIMiKaGLvI8D27206DMigpzW5ZbSFoH9KjrKygKq1Rgc0Bf1mHvB_FJauvF3UK5L1RUUvWXBkG1lSPVC6ZsPz5-QzS_XqlIaHjC8EIhjwviHmRjWLgOQ3q7WgCqBCgdz5FPKviQkJDo5BbJnAws6UbMXv8z/w400-h320/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%2010.25.11%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Still life with cat and lobster,</i> Pablo Picasso, 1962. https://www.wikiart.org/en/pablo-picasso/still-life-with-cat-and-lobster-1962</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA8uraCBiLBAcqtx18cen9CxQS5wsXov43FBKKxXYULPym9PTfbbPPl8nZ82EXFbqxSEHWr99eumH7XrW3X5lRDkn4n80zDpNtwat6TWT6mZZk43k9n4HLU938psYhufTElgmtp12Lxli0VyDhcfxDDnsUNi2_dq0vTnSFzdDgmvpa1pTsqT6XnmW/s1888/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.52.03%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1888" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA8uraCBiLBAcqtx18cen9CxQS5wsXov43FBKKxXYULPym9PTfbbPPl8nZ82EXFbqxSEHWr99eumH7XrW3X5lRDkn4n80zDpNtwat6TWT6mZZk43k9n4HLU938psYhufTElgmtp12Lxli0VyDhcfxDDnsUNi2_dq0vTnSFzdDgmvpa1pTsqT6XnmW/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%209.52.03%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lobster, Oysters, Cherries and Pearls</i>, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The tablecloth, cherries and lobster all merge in a swelter of red, relieved by white and cream suggesting a compote dish, the titular oysters and pearls. A black cat crouches, concealed beneath this swirl of luxury - a reminder of fickle fortune, perhaps.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is an exhibition catalog, ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">9781588397614.</span> </span></div><p></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-8148234385427528892023-04-30T19:45:00.000-04:002023-04-30T19:45:11.624-04:00Shaped by the Loom - Navajo weaving at the Bard Graduate Center<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraIPprQC2bR86ybHLFYtPEUT8c8M-FhZDQQehcKKaEJrROK0iVkTcQRF7Vwywi2BcssyV_TIqiIEuZ6XNbqbvFCqaqKS3JUz9f38YI9e08oDwlsYk1NCfwDaerwC2_Yy8j2cSa_qaZFoMiAXsQvp2i7c0MVnWHaRV2CMmnld9dXfbv_gKKrW1kpDb/s1700/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.57.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1262" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraIPprQC2bR86ybHLFYtPEUT8c8M-FhZDQQehcKKaEJrROK0iVkTcQRF7Vwywi2BcssyV_TIqiIEuZ6XNbqbvFCqaqKS3JUz9f38YI9e08oDwlsYk1NCfwDaerwC2_Yy8j2cSa_qaZFoMiAXsQvp2i7c0MVnWHaRV2CMmnld9dXfbv_gKKrW1kpDb/w298-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.57.54%20PM.png" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Germantown blanket, ca. 1900, Diné artist.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In April we went to the Bard Graduate Center in New York City to see a small but powerful exhibit on the artistry of Navajo weaving, <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/117/n-a">Shaped by the Loom.</a> "Navajo" is a term of Spanish colonial origin; the people refer to themselves as Diné, but I will use the term interchangeably in this post. </span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdG3oFsFNH6tYSFKcF8U0pC3wa3iBpLlENT8RQUncSG7YDx3ZpBlwLf__QMi4t9ZEyewx9Q7symx7ZDMesfu_kNNEP3-BKiGazh9yJGV9shwuy2Yz17qDViCfERQgKA6c_xVFxL4oZLeFDezQp9cUHF2TkkKm5O9WyuXoYJSfQWmLywbfPwuiKvR3/s1764/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.50.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="1390" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdG3oFsFNH6tYSFKcF8U0pC3wa3iBpLlENT8RQUncSG7YDx3ZpBlwLf__QMi4t9ZEyewx9Q7symx7ZDMesfu_kNNEP3-BKiGazh9yJGV9shwuy2Yz17qDViCfERQgKA6c_xVFxL4oZLeFDezQp9cUHF2TkkKm5O9WyuXoYJSfQWmLywbfPwuiKvR3/w315-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.50.30%20PM.png" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Info and samples of wool raised by Navajo.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>Each element of a Navajo weavng is carefully planned and executed. To create a balanced composition, a weaver considers the formation of motifs, the placement and scale of design elements, and the combination of colors. Symmetry is important, but fifth-generation Diné textile artist Lynda Teller Pete encourage flexibility. As she explains, "your rug or textile is at the mercy of its environment," which often causes the warps to stretch and shrink, altering a weaving's dimensions and the proportions of the design. </blockquote>Historically, the weavers worked with the natural colors of the sheep's wool. The color palette is more expansive than one might guess, ranging from pale cream to very dark gray and brown. The colors can be seen in the textile below, which features undyed yarn sourced from the artist's own flock. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXwKgS6naTZ8Z1ieDQ6UwvTp-boVR3jThGnmrQ0UD0fzGS8ChUnz3E0pk2I2T_XF5EdvQoSnCT1Rp4pqa4ZaEDbrCmWdIrNe4qJgbdNDu9lQEcAD0HVBOdWt_-85SBLuwIEj7I_YW_yOCuPKRZjUpxV-VgTZeMSaJiOZ5qKR58wsyMsgYuy5d-xEk/s1916/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%203.39.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1220" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXwKgS6naTZ8Z1ieDQ6UwvTp-boVR3jThGnmrQ0UD0fzGS8ChUnz3E0pk2I2T_XF5EdvQoSnCT1Rp4pqa4ZaEDbrCmWdIrNe4qJgbdNDu9lQEcAD0HVBOdWt_-85SBLuwIEj7I_YW_yOCuPKRZjUpxV-VgTZeMSaJiOZ5qKR58wsyMsgYuy5d-xEk/w255-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%203.39.32%20PM.png" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Burnham Area Geometric Weaving</i>, Marie Begay, ca. 2021<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQsPxiq44VPKZLeupOAFzdd3AHzOb1PH3pRlH2nI553hjW7X4_77m3MatO-JVSTim0x62kzyzjVL1YuiomOP1NRwT7Q6OZU3-wqnxJ3u5mCRXifV-xBUuHBmIRwtiJfDUm1jm5dUwEqSxxiYLbNTomf8ALye4zZnLs-d1N0XVVXNmwMUmHOT7clCl/s1940/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="1446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQsPxiq44VPKZLeupOAFzdd3AHzOb1PH3pRlH2nI553hjW7X4_77m3MatO-JVSTim0x62kzyzjVL1YuiomOP1NRwT7Q6OZU3-wqnxJ3u5mCRXifV-xBUuHBmIRwtiJfDUm1jm5dUwEqSxxiYLbNTomf8ALye4zZnLs-d1N0XVVXNmwMUmHOT7clCl/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.07%20PM.png" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Burnham Area Geometric Weaving, detail.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the wall text section 'Dyeing and Coloring':</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Adinidiin - light - is magic. It is prayer, projection, and perspective. it is an all-seeing element that permeates all aspects of life and is found in land, air, water, and sky. Moreover, light exists withing and radiates from each one of us as we are the connections between and within the elements. - Rapheal Begay, (Din</span>é<span style="font-size: medium;"> ), photographer<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Initially the Navajo worked with the natural colors of their sheep's wool as well as mineral- and plant-derived colorants, including indigo and cochineal. In the later part of the 19th century, with a growing tourist market, trade cloth made from synthetically-dyed <a href="https://kelbournewoolens.com/blog/2018/10/a-brief-history-of-germantown-yarns/">Germantown</a> yarn was unwoven and re-spun for use in weavings.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOihOHKIna1qaO2M8soelqx28RhWLu3gcy18G8B0OAMPxBBDUhBhn5QBxXuhUaN-njaX9XWljzDA_jyCs4lTh00b0ZTXvuD_3T0oy_rzrshq5bn5JIUrFW2gN5E9iczEx6KG_PVR60qR5KZj2V3GM97SZR3yT4SxTqVYDNhG0jQT6-_ys8WmqhizL/s1686/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.55.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1686" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOihOHKIna1qaO2M8soelqx28RhWLu3gcy18G8B0OAMPxBBDUhBhn5QBxXuhUaN-njaX9XWljzDA_jyCs4lTh00b0ZTXvuD_3T0oy_rzrshq5bn5JIUrFW2gN5E9iczEx6KG_PVR60qR5KZj2V3GM97SZR3yT4SxTqVYDNhG0jQT6-_ys8WmqhizL/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.55.25%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dye chart, Roselyn Washburn, 2019.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWQxTwDY_XDv_fhG-4e4YiHqxb7tlqOS1oI1MHMoAwb9VMjpJ32F7gEZ-E2LqACTm0LOqkJWiSxJt4Nct-bF1cYpBp3Nw2M5NAWl18qke2Q0wGxgJFCriYqWWpZ1IDtisUNG8iKFQNII11W40kydiJ_aQ7Tg5aal9fhlvTNRvN7yXSmOC9fC5gc9G/s1708/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.55.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1708" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWQxTwDY_XDv_fhG-4e4YiHqxb7tlqOS1oI1MHMoAwb9VMjpJ32F7gEZ-E2LqACTm0LOqkJWiSxJt4Nct-bF1cYpBp3Nw2M5NAWl18qke2Q0wGxgJFCriYqWWpZ1IDtisUNG8iKFQNII11W40kydiJ_aQ7Tg5aal9fhlvTNRvN7yXSmOC9fC5gc9G/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.55.36%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dye chart, detail.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWYdPElBRi-vpt8EOFBVSSKqN_uDSh8DE-v7gLPbVtNMUWzFQFapcrFxZ4MxPxcOZKlIbbz9eI4be4KIn3hi0DwVhD_DaiAU63ojQthqfAbeOUsU9spdekC3IoApA-gXCAGiXSFv9fwA3hgz14ydCz6wWcOHpoGIH1u1pusSfDMJnDGxyMTLmjwhl/s1054/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.54.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1054" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWYdPElBRi-vpt8EOFBVSSKqN_uDSh8DE-v7gLPbVtNMUWzFQFapcrFxZ4MxPxcOZKlIbbz9eI4be4KIn3hi0DwVhD_DaiAU63ojQthqfAbeOUsU9spdekC3IoApA-gXCAGiXSFv9fwA3hgz14ydCz6wWcOHpoGIH1u1pusSfDMJnDGxyMTLmjwhl/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.54.30%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Untitled (Tourists)</i>, Gerald Nailor (Toh-Yah, Diné ), 1937.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition to new materials, new subjects were assimilated into the designs. Trains brought settlers, trading posts and tourism, encouraging both exploitation of, and new economic opportunities for, indigenous populations. The motifs along the trains are thunderbirds, a symbol of strength and protection.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOGkyPrvgyw9EsmGhLathllR6-PIDS9RyLAGD3KCt54RY5cB0uQbvH7Qkh21a9NsFRBCJD5TojMVHLRiuJ4FnW1J0HuWNfKDBoqYZ2Aey-NbHntCAeXNsGvZz5w9Z6SZeKsTmjsJ_J3ZEKvNb6-Py-M4faQ5kGkDL5laB6OROW0cF4IryhaYqQ7gz/s1730/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.54.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1164" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOGkyPrvgyw9EsmGhLathllR6-PIDS9RyLAGD3KCt54RY5cB0uQbvH7Qkh21a9NsFRBCJD5TojMVHLRiuJ4FnW1J0HuWNfKDBoqYZ2Aey-NbHntCAeXNsGvZz5w9Z6SZeKsTmjsJ_J3ZEKvNb6-Py-M4faQ5kGkDL5laB6OROW0cF4IryhaYqQ7gz/w269-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.54.05%20PM.png" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Train pictorial weaving, Diné artist, 1880s.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The exhibit also featured tools and educational material, explaining the parts of the loom and the weaving process. The image below is from a book by Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas, <i>How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman </i>(Loveland, CO: Thrums Books, 2020).<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDmeU7urHsnQ-xAHRUK3JYNegkpDfPJPKfvc0QlR15OZ7xPuNjke1dCh8VCwW9w_Gnkxl-IvIvHe655GI5Xr2wMJp5p1mK4xIZgHMMM2GDUvxuLaY6Eh4JCAHBQsk-DRc_UISrHQSROzRrctZNQvDsjvVTv-zKKbJjIFxxmHyTqlNeu7yZ6OC2Ze_/s1586/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDmeU7urHsnQ-xAHRUK3JYNegkpDfPJPKfvc0QlR15OZ7xPuNjke1dCh8VCwW9w_Gnkxl-IvIvHe655GI5Xr2wMJp5p1mK4xIZgHMMM2GDUvxuLaY6Eh4JCAHBQsk-DRc_UISrHQSROzRrctZNQvDsjvVTv-zKKbJjIFxxmHyTqlNeu7yZ6OC2Ze_/w315-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.38%20PM.png" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Book illustration, Mychal Yellowman, 2020.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaXZI30GX_Gh7128SarQft7KpdfyVEK_v-X95Kp7JrNqtAUUmAS48HJqtI50Ki5UTVR7m37mypKSS6iqIkyC1yL6fj0rk451M9OjiktnMz-YDgdmFaYpwAOVya4QsUXuIjHr6-46PhNFmzSu1e9begku5DiLdjQb4JNpn0Pj4QypmRr0_RqyP3YXp/s1736/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.58.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="1308" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaXZI30GX_Gh7128SarQft7KpdfyVEK_v-X95Kp7JrNqtAUUmAS48HJqtI50Ki5UTVR7m37mypKSS6iqIkyC1yL6fj0rk451M9OjiktnMz-YDgdmFaYpwAOVya4QsUXuIjHr6-46PhNFmzSu1e9begku5DiLdjQb4JNpn0Pj4QypmRr0_RqyP3YXp/w301-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.58.41%20PM.png" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Contemporary Navajo weaving tools, Belvin Pete, Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs2XnrFJPeMznRnN7fhQD8pg1NhG3ocLVmsMD918vT-Tbed3dwWf1t8XPYKxAVAZnY5g7rJ0DNgh2wd-3-Vgdoqg1gI34kmXwgo3j-YmHLMXUuo61vlf5-pZB-h5Q_z4kqA6VJa103cSo-erta35_gYOLrlL5iIGGGdaRDPZvyYEVcVrE3sn-qvwO/s1806/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="1350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs2XnrFJPeMznRnN7fhQD8pg1NhG3ocLVmsMD918vT-Tbed3dwWf1t8XPYKxAVAZnY5g7rJ0DNgh2wd-3-Vgdoqg1gI34kmXwgo3j-YmHLMXUuo61vlf5-pZB-h5Q_z4kqA6VJa103cSo-erta35_gYOLrlL5iIGGGdaRDPZvyYEVcVrE3sn-qvwO/w299-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.56.59%20PM.png" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Navajo loom with unfinished weaving (sash belt), before 1910.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1trgHYWVG3BpzbLpb_t8p4pH893AGLmDe7fnKDUscqaAi_MKL-gCVnq0ciC9WnaGtxfwf0FWPA3OLNGxLYAd0D8H8gbCdGX14doIjUeQH9us76Mjhrb_KGHMxFuopUp1pCqqUthQV2N2Z2LuVu2ch6Db2tubIG2RPeBUMZAAD2TFKOZVMwzJkhARe/s1292/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.58.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1212" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1trgHYWVG3BpzbLpb_t8p4pH893AGLmDe7fnKDUscqaAi_MKL-gCVnq0ciC9WnaGtxfwf0FWPA3OLNGxLYAd0D8H8gbCdGX14doIjUeQH9us76Mjhrb_KGHMxFuopUp1pCqqUthQV2N2Z2LuVu2ch6Db2tubIG2RPeBUMZAAD2TFKOZVMwzJkhARe/w375-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%202.58.25%20PM.png" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Weaver at Her Loom</i>, Geanita John, ca. 2007.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipn7k7r8Oc9FY_PSkaBieQgRmb6n0R-Js0RpZ19LAmfomJoIaLtw4aN7PdVdZUZcM9Kq6JTF0O6Ro63tDgimDNhxESg7dT41bpwPQfZNEyhwSrCvW8huT9i3ZbWN2WT9hCA2tNkfCUyiTpnSV-mXnWbn066kCV5hnCOPzVTwerNCKUeLvIdieKRBUo/s1564/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%206.59.15%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipn7k7r8Oc9FY_PSkaBieQgRmb6n0R-Js0RpZ19LAmfomJoIaLtw4aN7PdVdZUZcM9Kq6JTF0O6Ro63tDgimDNhxESg7dT41bpwPQfZNEyhwSrCvW8huT9i3ZbWN2WT9hCA2tNkfCUyiTpnSV-mXnWbn066kCV5hnCOPzVTwerNCKUeLvIdieKRBUo/w289-h400/Screenshot%202023-04-30%20at%206.59.15%20PM.png" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Carrizo Summer</i>, Kevin Aspaas, 2023.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The tradition is in good hands with weavers such as Kevin Aspaas (born 1995), whose weaving, above, is dyed with sagebrush and rabbitbrush. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More historical images can be see here: <a href="https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/shapedbytheloom/collection/"> https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/shapedbytheloom/collection/<br /></a></span></div><p></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-27607913836910425662023-04-01T14:11:00.000-04:002023-04-01T14:11:33.398-04:00Beaverland, book by Leila Philip<div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLXEAgB_3Y7VvxVGbkgheg0ToJkYeB-x6SZIMrGx_5k-eYTkhu4hO6KNHX7_hDsxVnt2wGQBkb4kS1ylt05GXFXPw_n3k20w25O0pl8wl-ewwmvz0kc4Dtbo77sIC-hCWRRrJ8rjI_ttYfpIOOPwpZU982hjJHA6cQ82US7eOiD65BISWDNxXP0AF/s704/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-01%20at%201.42.26%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLXEAgB_3Y7VvxVGbkgheg0ToJkYeB-x6SZIMrGx_5k-eYTkhu4hO6KNHX7_hDsxVnt2wGQBkb4kS1ylt05GXFXPw_n3k20w25O0pl8wl-ewwmvz0kc4Dtbo77sIC-hCWRRrJ8rjI_ttYfpIOOPwpZU982hjJHA6cQ82US7eOiD65BISWDNxXP0AF/w328-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-01%20at%201.42.26%20PM.png" width="328" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No April's Fool today, just a sincere plug for a book I very much enjoyed, <i>Beaverland</i>, by Leila Philip. It's a well-written volume of natural history, made engaging with a bit of humor too as well as some fascinating illustrations. I've seen a beaver while paddling in the Charles River and at least one beaver has made a watery home in my city, a suburb of Boston. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">While on a family vacation in Montreal long ago, we bicycled to the <a href="https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/lachine">Lachine Museum of the Fur Trade</a>. French <i>voyageurs</i> - early explorer/traders - bought or bartered beaver pelts from Native Americans. At the museum we learned that the European hat making process did not utilize the intact pelts for hat making but separated the soft underfur of the beaver pelts from the longer, coarser guard hairs. The soft underfur was felted and this material was then <a href="https://www.unco.edu/hewit/doing-history/trappers-traders/trappers/beaver-ecology.aspx">molded into hats</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although silk became the preferred material for top hats, beaver pelts are still used today for the international fashion industry. California recently <a href="https://www.humanesociety.org/news/californias-statewide-ban-animal-fur-products-officially-takes-effect">outlawed the trade</a> in new animal fur products; perhaps other states will follow suit.<br /></span></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-9920627497119165352023-03-20T13:33:00.003-04:002023-03-21T08:35:49.043-04:00Patio pattern baby quilt <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t77a0-RJSAwPa39fkOouQKh6mTwrVSGpOenNdU-yeLoWzah-QAQmd85V0cpVCtTtNk75lloexJsvzpmUHkjsGyG-odVOa_18GXCD62UtgM5_7V8gc51z_T6Ps8z3lyOWd2Pcplu8_jrKIU3VCgOV7bkOpAIeDRc4buIff1dw5DSxePi85VHkk7gN/s933/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="686" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t77a0-RJSAwPa39fkOouQKh6mTwrVSGpOenNdU-yeLoWzah-QAQmd85V0cpVCtTtNk75lloexJsvzpmUHkjsGyG-odVOa_18GXCD62UtgM5_7V8gc51z_T6Ps8z3lyOWd2Pcplu8_jrKIU3VCgOV7bkOpAIeDRc4buIff1dw5DSxePi85VHkk7gN/w294-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.09%20PM.png" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Next step - binding. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A new baby will arrive soon, so of course I made a quilt. Not for use in the crib until baby can safely roll over, but useful as a clean surface for "tummy time," a layer in the stroller, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The pattern is one of my favorites, Patio, designed by <a href="http://thehappyzombie.com/">Happy Zombie</a></span><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsC4gvvcouK3LaEhCFr1y8tztUOEaFgHbxQWNRTFNr2-kWup5Hr-IPPuuUVznKZOeGq7pATSo1cmZlRVRRrmVlDXRDwR7cCdMisABH-KVJGdyv_1vpyU8X1qXJ-s5GC2ge-7K5XrnI-LmjTvHpnawg3ni8HsjgSiUQSshRyWQzCtCjjD0J6WvylcS/s949/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.19%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="949" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsC4gvvcouK3LaEhCFr1y8tztUOEaFgHbxQWNRTFNr2-kWup5Hr-IPPuuUVznKZOeGq7pATSo1cmZlRVRRrmVlDXRDwR7cCdMisABH-KVJGdyv_1vpyU8X1qXJ-s5GC2ge-7K5XrnI-LmjTvHpnawg3ni8HsjgSiUQSshRyWQzCtCjjD0J6WvylcS/w400-h196/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.19%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Reminds me of the graphics of <a href="https://www.psmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/alexander-girard">Alexander Girard</a>. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I used fabric from my extensive stash and only had to buy the backing fabric. Many of the fabrics are vintage prints (pre-1960 or so) - we can date these fabrics as they are 36" wide, not the current standard of 45." Most of the prints are "conversational" - this is the textile world's term for fabrics with figurative images. One of my favorites is a variation on Little Red Riding Hood (above.) <br /></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoWE8e8y-XxOxpYI7tQw6uq81nGFa9ewhfssWwcwkX3emfSfL1xKzbY1IGKxa5sdEEZy9yUHFiUD4xWl0rYiCcUCMzA0TsuqNhg4PfsC_Fo7zzaoXD6YkJFXvf2k5FKXnr1-AfoVDDlMwSUdXUMtwLq0GjwiNDVsW64NqE0NH3YTqQOYSItiqyA6O/s905/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoWE8e8y-XxOxpYI7tQw6uq81nGFa9ewhfssWwcwkX3emfSfL1xKzbY1IGKxa5sdEEZy9yUHFiUD4xWl0rYiCcUCMzA0TsuqNhg4PfsC_Fo7zzaoXD6YkJFXvf2k5FKXnr1-AfoVDDlMwSUdXUMtwLq0GjwiNDVsW64NqE0NH3YTqQOYSItiqyA6O/w193-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.31%20PM.png" width="193" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Attenuated people.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="954" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgm3R2JK_r5rPX83ZcxzSizt7IQ_Uzc1sJcoHoCLIE2n5tQptYWP2s9koP6oQ6OaH0lzh_ije5u1g8nxofDVKg-u5zDUBZZPhccfWG2MUbAAMr0MG2RFung5iH69POBKPyHAGVP5VtadH10-7DymrTbR-jGFv8CtzBaMo1yMVfNEExPJ-2Xi5Ehh7/w400-h200/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Ships in a bottle.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcFbHRLfOaKpV_iI629oM7ySIlyotOuI1zy0ixsFgbj4qcrzEN4gAdQ1gyGjdjf4pGHWuA7Z8yFOrtnlFibwXGOAhw6mo6j3cIijmCoCBgnrwTecPDltbiNSggGtnUKvpxI_P13BNsx78dEJg3avnvoLGGxn1_18AkLnzglmF0ztMm162gBbWzIbK/s972/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="520" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcFbHRLfOaKpV_iI629oM7ySIlyotOuI1zy0ixsFgbj4qcrzEN4gAdQ1gyGjdjf4pGHWuA7Z8yFOrtnlFibwXGOAhw6mo6j3cIijmCoCBgnrwTecPDltbiNSggGtnUKvpxI_P13BNsx78dEJg3avnvoLGGxn1_18AkLnzglmF0ztMm162gBbWzIbK/w214-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.17.55%20PM.png" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">A fun music-themed fabric.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNnA4FGylTi5MtLqUGMve-o9VCD6aprgrLiTOtqkgFBovkdf3v1tPx_ZBedgYPQOErAMkADhKD9CIpTfKMGvIO1k8GJ_-hJG11eoUtw4HwHhUlG9ln8cYq__M6R7ZtdmhgmlDkRMso3d6t3s3OKj2teXzz193Y5sPQoDnhvGJi9mJfj4ufnPtJXiG/s873/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="661" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNnA4FGylTi5MtLqUGMve-o9VCD6aprgrLiTOtqkgFBovkdf3v1tPx_ZBedgYPQOErAMkADhKD9CIpTfKMGvIO1k8GJ_-hJG11eoUtw4HwHhUlG9ln8cYq__M6R7ZtdmhgmlDkRMso3d6t3s3OKj2teXzz193Y5sPQoDnhvGJi9mJfj4ufnPtJXiG/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.14%20PM.png" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Mid-century modern colors.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJORDKxRbbyXD0mAT7IFrGYMxaRaVFKX8MNHV9mGNnT_O--sepWBuYKxfLvi6s24-A2T8kNa5vSum3W_pMi2Fr_AnuXT7un-SMA0YtwsqkLQihaUld8Zg1_p8svluu4gW2piA1GsRBPGonrHCKk1L6UNuxmullhhEwYmCt2FqhOAfSgPHgkST9boZ/s759/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%201.13.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJORDKxRbbyXD0mAT7IFrGYMxaRaVFKX8MNHV9mGNnT_O--sepWBuYKxfLvi6s24-A2T8kNa5vSum3W_pMi2Fr_AnuXT7un-SMA0YtwsqkLQihaUld8Zg1_p8svluu4gW2piA1GsRBPGonrHCKk1L6UNuxmullhhEwYmCt2FqhOAfSgPHgkST9boZ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%201.13.25%20PM.png" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Save those shards of china. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The fabric below was produced by Rose and Hubble and is based on mosaics by <a href="https://www.kaffefassett.com/">Kaffe Fassett</a>. It's a useful print because of all the colors; I employed it as the binding for this quilt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xAZlnDA8I_wCdYM99K_k5-XdEKtdHupM0FJyni6Mvk40nwL6n9-v-p0P2a6fknePnPlfhNBpT6F1xIu5NBmyN802WyB1A6XF60LPlvSu736wnIjQAEw9SpuoiY7PVEyjoDjlLrnWqbVz6tJiXAQKgFtTH94UAKst1_0qj9k8KP6HxI5PDfK5wXrc/s954/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="954" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xAZlnDA8I_wCdYM99K_k5-XdEKtdHupM0FJyni6Mvk40nwL6n9-v-p0P2a6fknePnPlfhNBpT6F1xIu5NBmyN802WyB1A6XF60LPlvSu736wnIjQAEw9SpuoiY7PVEyjoDjlLrnWqbVz6tJiXAQKgFtTH94UAKst1_0qj9k8KP6HxI5PDfK5wXrc/w400-h210/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.02%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Based on a mosaic installation for the Chelsea Flower Show.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The backing is a cute owl fabric by Robert Kaufman designer <a href="https://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/designers/ann_kelle/">Ann Kelle.</a> Machine quilted for durability - just an edge-to-edge pattern called Meander, expertly done by <a href="http://burlingtonelectricquilters.com/">Burlington Electric Quilters.</a><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq5mgytK4SH_K-3WdokAH3R0f_z1KPBr_-pz4xf0hqTHaItfRpounTIA5GekWc4mm8HQhSQJyZtDXbALZFIpb2DURc6MZZcUDpMZMFV4ZcMW88YJg0OPCcZGX-KTxg04i25G6jqu7bWL-9tqN_I_SNRWcQwvQQObcFFypiv4QndFf3t9WLXRhN3wq/s950/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="950" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq5mgytK4SH_K-3WdokAH3R0f_z1KPBr_-pz4xf0hqTHaItfRpounTIA5GekWc4mm8HQhSQJyZtDXbALZFIpb2DURc6MZZcUDpMZMFV4ZcMW88YJg0OPCcZGX-KTxg04i25G6jqu7bWL-9tqN_I_SNRWcQwvQQObcFFypiv4QndFf3t9WLXRhN3wq/w400-h266/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-20%20at%2012.18.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who-whoo!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-159364061387712882023-02-26T09:53:00.000-05:002023-02-26T09:53:21.778-05:00Threads of LIfe - Stories told with stitching<div style="text-align: left;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm19XCsLmhzE8ZStrv7gGeBAZ1ufqX3beE7khgQIpHjBYsKBQDQ0u5eDIdCcuEFzhF8XzC2sl8bxcLCIdDkaZ6CYjyFE0DF25svuIQVMCBol86buZrfgxWzlW04on0f8sqqeD8a1qwDF5-hWSXq91oKHWJMfzxRRqhJ4EYpK-olkJzgc7FeaYHAXHn/s659/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-26%20at%209.21.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="482" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm19XCsLmhzE8ZStrv7gGeBAZ1ufqX3beE7khgQIpHjBYsKBQDQ0u5eDIdCcuEFzhF8XzC2sl8bxcLCIdDkaZ6CYjyFE0DF25svuIQVMCBol86buZrfgxWzlW04on0f8sqqeD8a1qwDF5-hWSXq91oKHWJMfzxRRqhJ4EYpK-olkJzgc7FeaYHAXHn/w293-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-26%20at%209.21.06%20AM.png" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">ISBN 978-1-4197-3953-8<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just finished Scottish author Clare Hunter's book, <i>Threads of Life, </i>subtitled <i>A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle</i>.<i> </i>In chapters with headings such as "Protest," "Identity," "Community," and "Loss," Hunter celebrates the stitch with personal, and political, reflections on everything from the Bayeux Tapestry to the AIDS quilt. Oddly, the book contains no images - not one - so I read it with my tablet alongside, to search for pictures. Only after finishing the book did it occur to me to visit <a href="https://www.sewingmatters.co.uk/images.html">Hunter's website</a>, where, indeed, there are many (public domain I assume) images of some of the artifacts referenced in the book. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-56843150563367143772023-02-21T10:22:00.001-05:002023-02-21T11:24:30.502-05:00Pattern and Flow - Handmade ornamental paper at the Grolier Club<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz77PfC_mcw9ubi4ORPaPc97FqPrpl6bscfuiglHkahjlXA8vz1AVTxMd3qKwdtVTKEnFQ3j-NocHmWy8ts0pgkt8iDBMI1ID9vYbgvIzicbVdseu_Oufi_lPe1Bm0-5XO_5NDQJbZJq4wMkIcZzDR6RhlLaeAtyuIPWhEWr3rJa6h700oYG7H9TPu/s985/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%201.13.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="903" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz77PfC_mcw9ubi4ORPaPc97FqPrpl6bscfuiglHkahjlXA8vz1AVTxMd3qKwdtVTKEnFQ3j-NocHmWy8ts0pgkt8iDBMI1ID9vYbgvIzicbVdseu_Oufi_lPe1Bm0-5XO_5NDQJbZJq4wMkIcZzDR6RhlLaeAtyuIPWhEWr3rJa6h700oYG7H9TPu/w366-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%201.13.09%20PM.png" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Peacock pattern marble paper, Robert Wu, no date, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In February DH and I viewed <a href="https://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=384827&ssid=322448&vnf=1">"Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s"</a> at the Grolier Club in New York City until April 8, 2023. The exhibit, glowingly reviewed in the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/pattern-and-flow-a-golden-age-of-american-decorated-paper-review-a-delicate-arts-delights-11675291198?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><i>Wall Street Journal</i></a>, presented two families of decorated paper: marbled paper and paste paper. Marbled paper is made by manipulating pigments sprinkled on thickened liquid - surface tension allows the pigments to float on top of the liquid - and then placing paper in contact with the floating pattern. Paste paper is made by manipulating a thickened paste, with colorants, on paper. Both kinds of decorated paper were used historically in book-binding. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRULMrYru-bdU0r5gPiz4vuPkf-kwMXMF-jv2gg16oEMKN1o3qHAf2BDhHl4AMGZrSDzicEozXDeGdX4yn7qwdl1mk8koSYMfVJQZ3VXvmZ1qSQph4ezIvkwG-uX9cdJ7Bu4O__-ETUgBwWp3T1Zq0Wk2r2KIu8RK_iFZGtLYyQWLSexffOEYPlbws/s1027/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.37.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="697" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRULMrYru-bdU0r5gPiz4vuPkf-kwMXMF-jv2gg16oEMKN1o3qHAf2BDhHl4AMGZrSDzicEozXDeGdX4yn7qwdl1mk8koSYMfVJQZ3VXvmZ1qSQph4ezIvkwG-uX9cdJ7Bu4O__-ETUgBwWp3T1Zq0Wk2r2KIu8RK_iFZGtLYyQWLSexffOEYPlbws/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.37.24%20PM.png" width="217" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Video display, gallery.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The exhibit was initiated by Mindell Dubansky, the preservation librarian for the Metropolitan Museum's Watson Library. Her efforts in documenting decorated papers became the Paper Legacy Project, and now encompasses paper samples, as well as books, tools, studio records, catalogs and all manner of documentation of this craft from its revival in the 1960's to the present day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have a small personal connection to this material, having taken a paper marbling class with Faith Harrison at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education back in the 1980's. She was an excellent teacher and produced beautiful papers. One of her designs was licensed by Kleenex for a facial tissue box, seen below.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB_x3yJKWnPgpBPbks6C0oJX8mE4F3LkzSbhMVtCLvFwBvV3Vq7SlbzcmxWGJsXtxtSSrxSjUxA31W8J8HQnckV1nq8A0USFi_raojLYThR460MQnXVTEWniMdMYzEAx4dBHNi6xEzRoMidO81ujhzRncaoZiyiQyguf2bNX-j1X8xBmTii2HIAw-/s850/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.18%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="850" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB_x3yJKWnPgpBPbks6C0oJX8mE4F3LkzSbhMVtCLvFwBvV3Vq7SlbzcmxWGJsXtxtSSrxSjUxA31W8J8HQnckV1nq8A0USFi_raojLYThR460MQnXVTEWniMdMYzEAx4dBHNi6xEzRoMidO81ujhzRncaoZiyiQyguf2bNX-j1X8xBmTii2HIAw-/w400-h321/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.18%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wave pattern, Faith Harrison, 1980's.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6plEpUu_GJgR8TEWknVM_lj5CvUM0g8k4QdY7d38nvjqTe7EYdRApUb-I_giX0FukleNXPfD7S_cryAKi66KiYVfLc-Mzvc-CQRKf0nhUKVR7-WinIYWYWV9FSqpKoYf4Z2o2hsyG1bjrH4Pq1gVO64lyFQjJ1mb-ZKnCvVVWAj9BOfy2Mmjus9lq/s935/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="935" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6plEpUu_GJgR8TEWknVM_lj5CvUM0g8k4QdY7d38nvjqTe7EYdRApUb-I_giX0FukleNXPfD7S_cryAKi66KiYVfLc-Mzvc-CQRKf0nhUKVR7-WinIYWYWV9FSqpKoYf4Z2o2hsyG1bjrH4Pq1gVO64lyFQjJ1mb-ZKnCvVVWAj9BOfy2Mmjus9lq/w400-h281/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Licensed patterns created by Faith Harrison, c. 1980's. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQYWiBpnJgkjlktEtxQrDI8MSoEj4QNZ9IGVq0p3lO4GLYxblKvdvecwo3BoMxlve-m6ikzUX6qdohRR0qTsWJUTi2vQCPRSKAc-JQnHedQ8C8XtJ0Km_DqHTQf3unvO2q8R-u2OWGpNmc18Zxf3TfoDRfQKCAFMYmK5VeS5SR_aYfET9SgeMEG3X/s987/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.37.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="987" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQYWiBpnJgkjlktEtxQrDI8MSoEj4QNZ9IGVq0p3lO4GLYxblKvdvecwo3BoMxlve-m6ikzUX6qdohRR0qTsWJUTi2vQCPRSKAc-JQnHedQ8C8XtJ0Km_DqHTQf3unvO2q8R-u2OWGpNmc18Zxf3TfoDRfQKCAFMYmK5VeS5SR_aYfET9SgeMEG3X/w400-h284/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.37.49%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Vitrine with marbled papers and related books.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I loved seeing the innovative tools, many made by the artist themselves to achieve specific forms and shapes; many artists also mixed their own proprietary paint and pigment formulas, and used a variety of papers. There was no depiction of the marbling or paste processes, however, but there are many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwkkIfldRjg">Youtube videos</a> showing the steps involved. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyOs8hWzbhB-ZzEdGG70wQJT5PO1ehL_-wo02YbhbrCzCbUwsxb27bkVYFrIBI6pEzPFNldOuWsyfpGuyX1Xr5FEaXJd7fIYHc-6fzAr9j9ph8OWeNNuxgLkRV0-wenPCQWTf_9VyWTmS1Q1Vy_tGExFs3QhzDV9HsWxkiSAcqmQDG1r7beR3ngxP/s964/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%201.22.00%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="964" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyOs8hWzbhB-ZzEdGG70wQJT5PO1ehL_-wo02YbhbrCzCbUwsxb27bkVYFrIBI6pEzPFNldOuWsyfpGuyX1Xr5FEaXJd7fIYHc-6fzAr9j9ph8OWeNNuxgLkRV0-wenPCQWTf_9VyWTmS1Q1Vy_tGExFs3QhzDV9HsWxkiSAcqmQDG1r7beR3ngxP/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%201.22.00%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the tools used by the artists. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcgZQgK1Q86MHJpGZmzWkRkmr8x0iHLhDw-1n592110qdhktDkMNn1LQvnPLuwOLcDDl3SHzqXL7kVKYgcHraeM_-qa913Vfg-DnFtKlyeRnSQvDNxUB_hyIp05Nrz43TvZmV1Hr5AVop3YH29zAK5RYPzqmQl21_jNLWmk1Uzffgz1SxV1xtS6hZ/s913/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.43.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="913" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcgZQgK1Q86MHJpGZmzWkRkmr8x0iHLhDw-1n592110qdhktDkMNn1LQvnPLuwOLcDDl3SHzqXL7kVKYgcHraeM_-qa913Vfg-DnFtKlyeRnSQvDNxUB_hyIp05Nrz43TvZmV1Hr5AVop3YH29zAK5RYPzqmQl21_jNLWmk1Uzffgz1SxV1xtS6hZ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.43.25%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A tool made by Claire Maziarczyk from plastic hair picks.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_9XYw0_78WfzQGN2SAqv8gLfAPw5m8bZ_aFM7IFysKBb4oSK90E1IETUj0V1I_pNYLP-eICmOlgUmgsHYTYXnytfhfczoOzDcrvltL2I5TP4t9MQfepQ7Wmc3bfYxUInR3oT79RlT063b5-LV2pds4TFcQcn2YxvN00MoEPHo2GKPwvIJGYm525l/s512/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-21%20at%209.06.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_9XYw0_78WfzQGN2SAqv8gLfAPw5m8bZ_aFM7IFysKBb4oSK90E1IETUj0V1I_pNYLP-eICmOlgUmgsHYTYXnytfhfczoOzDcrvltL2I5TP4t9MQfepQ7Wmc3bfYxUInR3oT79RlT063b5-LV2pds4TFcQcn2YxvN00MoEPHo2GKPwvIJGYm525l/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-21%20at%209.06.21%20AM.png" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Maziarczyk manipulating colored paste on paper with her home-made tool.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEJ6VAtsIzK2UfqVSnRWrVr7QI2NpK35YL4v3mRlv5EdHjY4vSImPOOx8P9Em0eEnZD427dZV5Efd_N08p2-buhQv_AHJzoBHv1MuHAIZsah7lctlGE43NGnkM3-PAZQ-40Uj9Y7Bi1k4LMI8TfeJu9KWGrQMZQEqAZ0ED8YeiPe6sKqgg2NCmXJo/s986/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.39.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="986" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEJ6VAtsIzK2UfqVSnRWrVr7QI2NpK35YL4v3mRlv5EdHjY4vSImPOOx8P9Em0eEnZD427dZV5Efd_N08p2-buhQv_AHJzoBHv1MuHAIZsah7lctlGE43NGnkM3-PAZQ-40Uj9Y7Bi1k4LMI8TfeJu9KWGrQMZQEqAZ0ED8YeiPe6sKqgg2NCmXJo/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.39.38%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Gallery at the Grolier Club. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Marbling can be done on cloth, as documented in my <a href="http://fileunderfiber.blogspot.com/2010/01/making-marvelous-marbled-fabric.html">earlier post</a>. In addition to licensing for paper products, decorated paper designs have been translated into quilting fabrics.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8Bcv5N4N8fOZMn-GJ1cil5bajrYAe8KOLBmb4AsCwJy6-0bckUAx0pfkPlYT9jhH2gQC6x01IogFt_GGombYhLGcPMevLdkTyWG5hN3-8u7ikqPGGS8k1xt5RJl46bTVOA1tPn36qaX_m1M1VYpxWB_De5LGCJETDzCvD504c6vejwW7fvXh1W5/s897/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.41.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="897" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8Bcv5N4N8fOZMn-GJ1cil5bajrYAe8KOLBmb4AsCwJy6-0bckUAx0pfkPlYT9jhH2gQC6x01IogFt_GGombYhLGcPMevLdkTyWG5hN3-8u7ikqPGGS8k1xt5RJl46bTVOA1tPn36qaX_m1M1VYpxWB_De5LGCJETDzCvD504c6vejwW7fvXh1W5/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.41.52%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Paste paper, Marie Kelzer, 2005.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSuLhNC0ecYnMH-n1CaOyoLdLvSdFHi9MCwW-OeeEqibIs_wFMYwYWAlvvylS1fhlhhuBea6cCMzIAiYzunHVJ9HR1okFgLwQ5zxzlXKLy2CqfkN-uVTQxwUkxKmwXkPFZRzgrK08mM2fbp9zUtLe3oR1WFxwgV0IOxKp435csOjJBwj0geeG_298/s679/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.40.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="679" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSuLhNC0ecYnMH-n1CaOyoLdLvSdFHi9MCwW-OeeEqibIs_wFMYwYWAlvvylS1fhlhhuBea6cCMzIAiYzunHVJ9HR1okFgLwQ5zxzlXKLy2CqfkN-uVTQxwUkxKmwXkPFZRzgrK08mM2fbp9zUtLe3oR1WFxwgV0IOxKp435csOjJBwj0geeG_298/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.40.40%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Kelzer designs licensed for quilt fabrics, 2005-6. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The profusely illustrated catalog for the exhibit is a beautiful book; ISBN 978-0-300-26619-1. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnK_hvWFfbb7myrKodT6i9edSlzS-7_sfL_XK5hW5GUgKBN7cKcuD-PH1yJWVdxNUOdegoIrArkeuvd0k-TK9B8PCRszSmCFv9rhGikYnbVd9bqGN256NofhqBn7-MA6og4f2jy9UN_PwrvPcAfqfiWDWC57X2xjo-kXQjP1VVyBcKfIK7bbg6BJAd/s981/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.39.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="475" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnK_hvWFfbb7myrKodT6i9edSlzS-7_sfL_XK5hW5GUgKBN7cKcuD-PH1yJWVdxNUOdegoIrArkeuvd0k-TK9B8PCRszSmCFv9rhGikYnbVd9bqGN256NofhqBn7-MA6og4f2jy9UN_PwrvPcAfqfiWDWC57X2xjo-kXQjP1VVyBcKfIK7bbg6BJAd/w310-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.39.16%20PM.png" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Landscape paste painting, Madeleine M. Durham, 2016.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenfGGa576jF5Z_UdxOX6mzVRklUMDyPgdcEA_3vmZOe8QcQ5DqndWjvqvPJqJj2P2LkQc65XGW1rnnpoy8hwh2SG_68-xHxyi0sQ_5Ueb3_yHRkipWgXOHB4nkElroQDdY0rf_vKuAP7XU96GU15Klg97XiJ0P4TLXfwNamXbcF-cfGqAulE5DxJx/s791/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.44.26%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenfGGa576jF5Z_UdxOX6mzVRklUMDyPgdcEA_3vmZOe8QcQ5DqndWjvqvPJqJj2P2LkQc65XGW1rnnpoy8hwh2SG_68-xHxyi0sQ_5Ueb3_yHRkipWgXOHB4nkElroQDdY0rf_vKuAP7XU96GU15Klg97XiJ0P4TLXfwNamXbcF-cfGqAulE5DxJx/w295-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.44.26%20PM.png" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Rainbow Spanish</i>, Iris Nevins, 2014. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBEcqk24R-mXEH7_nLEafcmd1o4PyGyan8QvGFxzr4gK-RBS3YdVGHWsF-LInU9a3r9-VbBA_vj-Wq9JGp-OqZTJkVcII7GBnBkD_-RX-bxqNHvtmuTVkCyfutCnV7hPFoWAFwFtjUV5xRCsjkjrfe2CII4FAlOTa8DrmQIO17AggTpvsqvRVcfYP/s744/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBEcqk24R-mXEH7_nLEafcmd1o4PyGyan8QvGFxzr4gK-RBS3YdVGHWsF-LInU9a3r9-VbBA_vj-Wq9JGp-OqZTJkVcII7GBnBkD_-RX-bxqNHvtmuTVkCyfutCnV7hPFoWAFwFtjUV5xRCsjkjrfe2CII4FAlOTa8DrmQIO17AggTpvsqvRVcfYP/w346-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.42.38%20PM.png" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Shades of Spain</i>, Mimi Schleicher, 1991.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZPxxxR4OX6SWPu6kpydaZSJ5F4EU_d9CvtPQUVOg6nVK5pOc_ehlo5B7rqJ2nYohj-u5lgkp77zh8FZyvkXsR3F3hIQ-n7lkjX-N4AXoB41T9N8vw_zgQvWnZljtvsrXYK6bDSzsHSuvurasK9jaaubY-3ZFgoxmIYMBbRZM1sCsrjoZPoWaJy_w/s838/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.38.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="645" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZPxxxR4OX6SWPu6kpydaZSJ5F4EU_d9CvtPQUVOg6nVK5pOc_ehlo5B7rqJ2nYohj-u5lgkp77zh8FZyvkXsR3F3hIQ-n7lkjX-N4AXoB41T9N8vw_zgQvWnZljtvsrXYK6bDSzsHSuvurasK9jaaubY-3ZFgoxmIYMBbRZM1sCsrjoZPoWaJy_w/w308-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2012.38.37%20PM.png" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Daisy Garden</i>, Robert Wu, ca. 2015.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-26911625114915880702023-01-09T15:02:00.000-05:002023-01-09T15:02:10.332-05:00Threads of Power: Lace at the Bard Graduate Center<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMBTedGlhpOcyIHR45bwbo7ZrcCMLq1DXzmtClChQmKlwUkrAfPRyyRtzmd8u_Nr97pS1LFNTHMkjhjgTyoyIiau_UCXDM5V6DDB_i2Imj0e5_j73K28p8LKeMwm__MUsUSjLD2fiGPIld10RjCoT5Ml8OeNIR2jrIKiDVsiA6t4YtuzRunUQrh4b/s974/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="754" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMBTedGlhpOcyIHR45bwbo7ZrcCMLq1DXzmtClChQmKlwUkrAfPRyyRtzmd8u_Nr97pS1LFNTHMkjhjgTyoyIiau_UCXDM5V6DDB_i2Imj0e5_j73K28p8LKeMwm__MUsUSjLD2fiGPIld10RjCoT5Ml8OeNIR2jrIKiDVsiA6t4YtuzRunUQrh4b/w310-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.24%20AM.png" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Reproduction of painting, and table cover in foreground.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan recently mounted an exhibit featuring lace from the Textilmuseum of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The exhibit is now closed, but many of the items and much interesting information can still be seen and enjoyed at the continuing <a href="https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/threadsofpower/">online exhibit</a>. The exhibit was also reviewed by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/arts/design/lace-exhibition-bard-graduate-center.html?unlocked_article_code=xGdiAJzZgXQLDhXbN7S9YL4KqJI69OVGFQBADwcSCQLhtxpFGcek1oIFqG5blNInvcyTDkllTcyWTDxKryPlDQiAPiG4Z11GphMFSJiMH8tf2ZfdukoUBw06PQHI1AjelE6stsnzslhXYdyCWrzFin7a9mxiddJZTzaiiRvgf-US6M0nIn8AVXz-_bZvos06GX8jzIby9q4x2fSRi0SGejJhpl8t_u71f5gxgVZZAE13nt5Bh2C7oJU-iJh7TpRdNqLZs2IskWwUnFbrL9lCSsQN6RMhJxdnonTmhnqyYLNAaNfkExXpb1vptjC_iA5gd3rUWWxiPSP673MfzSchHDRjOQBIRBGpTRur9BOlp-Egiw&smid=share-url">Roberta Smith</a>, although her review was not published until three weeks before the exhibit closed. This may explain the extraordinary crush of masked museum patrons on the day we visited with our timed tickets.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q2fbrzfYLRSWqJMb56BcKNQJ4f9QEuV8wy5PTmkxNEpRT7w3wbh7ciKgGcHIor4mr383IyUagoXfnBAjU9-KF_yZpp1NX0zeCRYNO_wD7PTco27K5p-GvNlqmJdfLceNyU6DyEulFifA4_PhJ1yyIEKkQVhfd2AwoNHGqBOXOmYTHz2rph44adoz/s740/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%201.13.10%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="663" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q2fbrzfYLRSWqJMb56BcKNQJ4f9QEuV8wy5PTmkxNEpRT7w3wbh7ciKgGcHIor4mr383IyUagoXfnBAjU9-KF_yZpp1NX0zeCRYNO_wD7PTco27K5p-GvNlqmJdfLceNyU6DyEulFifA4_PhJ1yyIEKkQVhfd2AwoNHGqBOXOmYTHz2rph44adoz/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%201.13.10%20PM.png" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Wall text at entrance.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition to examples of lace the exhibit featured reproductions of historical figures wearing lace-embellished clothing, artifacts such as lace pattern books, and videos of hand- and machine-lace making. The first section of the exhibit, <i>The Emergence of Lace in Early Modern Europe</i>, described the evolution of lace, beginning in the late 16th century. Wall text explained the two main types of lace featured in the exhibit: needlelace, derived from earlier forms of embellishment such as pulled thread work, and bobbin lace, a highly evolved from of braiding.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMWfSf23JxzW_YTTuMAAQgwgED_lfKKguSCz4qtC-jdOEg1aY5hCS8wx62F0pJ23pzeYcwnES9DZncSRObWQgLXqIXqz9c-TfJwabwsXmVEg8wpqRSUs20w__bGleQIXmngIEQv9BQRCKBVQNqLfwjik7a1aMgYcnmOb7AR9tB-uSOGW7B40b5z-d/s861/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.23.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMWfSf23JxzW_YTTuMAAQgwgED_lfKKguSCz4qtC-jdOEg1aY5hCS8wx62F0pJ23pzeYcwnES9DZncSRObWQgLXqIXqz9c-TfJwabwsXmVEg8wpqRSUs20w__bGleQIXmngIEQv9BQRCKBVQNqLfwjik7a1aMgYcnmOb7AR9tB-uSOGW7B40b5z-d/w346-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.23.21%20AM.png" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Samplers of openwork and needlelace inserts, 17th century.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86ieEhRxeU_y5oLdg3xSjPJ3Iqy62QG4uhcvgJKpCLgsBvpp99vfH5KBr8EijsY75YLSt9v5yqohGsECdNaCuh38YY02HeB0EwP4g0mO_7VyyjuTxOFnvHGVvlGM70ThlYKt6yWQCQB_RXz-Ryskj2dLu-h5ZECFLxD3GMYfGLP4Njtw57E6HiEmN/s986/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.22.44%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="873" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86ieEhRxeU_y5oLdg3xSjPJ3Iqy62QG4uhcvgJKpCLgsBvpp99vfH5KBr8EijsY75YLSt9v5yqohGsECdNaCuh38YY02HeB0EwP4g0mO_7VyyjuTxOFnvHGVvlGM70ThlYKt6yWQCQB_RXz-Ryskj2dLu-h5ZECFLxD3GMYfGLP4Njtw57E6HiEmN/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.22.44%20AM.png" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Sampler, detail.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In keeping with its history as a purveyor of many luxury goods, Italy became one of the epicenters of sophisticated lace-making. In addition, Italian publishers compiled early patterns books for lace designs, enabling the eventual spread of intricate lace to other textile centers such as Bruges. Lace was produced at this time by aristocratic women for their own use, by women in convents and charitable institutions, and by women seeking to supplement their income, however poorly paid they were for their efforts.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMtM0_5z9PmVR2I2oBKm8rKl-7_hoLVjC0ymVhFX4RLFvX3sEtH9f4qFQLQy_s2u2GiKbDyyqL9DVekYj5Z57CuyiOGKM-9jC5_cEIQYnPtrjPDnjPDmEi6QpWT7DauSCMnFd2-I1xHNJO_umG5GkRZBd0w_qDl5s-rYhyf_I3sNyohZ_FGi0iiJ9/s919/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.13.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="919" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMtM0_5z9PmVR2I2oBKm8rKl-7_hoLVjC0ymVhFX4RLFvX3sEtH9f4qFQLQy_s2u2GiKbDyyqL9DVekYj5Z57CuyiOGKM-9jC5_cEIQYnPtrjPDnjPDmEi6QpWT7DauSCMnFd2-I1xHNJO_umG5GkRZBd0w_qDl5s-rYhyf_I3sNyohZ_FGi0iiJ9/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.13.28%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bobbin lace border with daffodils, other flowers, 17th century.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4Z8H0K2VcLXH9xFLfjh8gNTOMXAxgrO77e5-k-C1PddW1EaG-LoCSdrMtZR5Fm7v_3-e2sc_Xp4ylXR37tumZLKbmJqt1Q2FD6rhtfa_849o6wHxM0ntEd22_GzWfu3wYhgynptuvd8433mtUXg5Uh3JtQtjp6vcLTdo5HbTQhBNDkDUPzAP21LU/s965/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.14.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="965" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4Z8H0K2VcLXH9xFLfjh8gNTOMXAxgrO77e5-k-C1PddW1EaG-LoCSdrMtZR5Fm7v_3-e2sc_Xp4ylXR37tumZLKbmJqt1Q2FD6rhtfa_849o6wHxM0ntEd22_GzWfu3wYhgynptuvd8433mtUXg5Uh3JtQtjp6vcLTdo5HbTQhBNDkDUPzAP21LU/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.14.43%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Various designs for lace</i> [my translation] Bartolomeo Danieli, 1639.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One treat was the inclusion of tools and set-ups for lace making, including this pillow with a narrow band of continuous bobbin lace in progress. The green paper band beneath the lace is the "pricking", which has small holes indicating the placement of pins. Threads, wound on narrow bobbins, are wrapped and twisted around the positioned pins, which are removed when each section of a pattern is complete. Most of the lace in the exhibit was made of linen thread. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj29uRO3yCzDwFyHxkA00vRdRnwYN01HQdMYqROmk4St_7jCj80TY3udTTRfuvIWbJm3XzEWxQOeosHZjIoUGlorqP8tWri4lYEdezhAklwDkwaUrdTT-8ry8NFp74lRxUui23zj6eciYLv3SGDRMJGiVuOcguQ8ggaNPIbR9X6pkS5Gh3p_s-Cwx/s847/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.12.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="847" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj29uRO3yCzDwFyHxkA00vRdRnwYN01HQdMYqROmk4St_7jCj80TY3udTTRfuvIWbJm3XzEWxQOeosHZjIoUGlorqP8tWri4lYEdezhAklwDkwaUrdTT-8ry8NFp74lRxUui23zj6eciYLv3SGDRMJGiVuOcguQ8ggaNPIbR9X6pkS5Gh3p_s-Cwx/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.12.47%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bobbin-lace pillow with thirty bobbins and in-progress lace, 1897.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the lace is so fantastically elaborate it seems difficult to believe it is the work of human hands, and indeed, there is an entire folklore of tales surrounding lace-making, including stories of the Virgin Mary arriving by night to assist poor women in finishing a piece of lace. These stories anchored lace-making as an activity suitable for virtuous women, removed any taint of superstition and perhaps substituted the promise of divine favor for adequate remuneration. For more lacemakers' folklore see the scholarly website <a href="https://laceincontext.com/category/lacemakers-folklore/">By the Poor, For the Rich: Lace in Context. <br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggb4PJbdxsQruZdJaiU7XRMi_KzTaPbTewWFYVRxjDHy3_-PCOAlSO1SFI3LtRXQHAkRHUrbKkTVAjt4O_sSkkOoHZvW0hi-Hzek907OLYjWCqRly5QOnNfuKdTFgZcoSPOy36_RYSH7HIvrmjCDXhwVKhtvlQ8CfIFJvYyU7LcTIQ5MExv5L5Jsr4/s847/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.15.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="847" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggb4PJbdxsQruZdJaiU7XRMi_KzTaPbTewWFYVRxjDHy3_-PCOAlSO1SFI3LtRXQHAkRHUrbKkTVAjt4O_sSkkOoHZvW0hi-Hzek907OLYjWCqRly5QOnNfuKdTFgZcoSPOy36_RYSH7HIvrmjCDXhwVKhtvlQ8CfIFJvYyU7LcTIQ5MExv5L5Jsr4/w400-h313/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.15.19%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Needle-lace border, France, ca. 1710.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTEbEbxBsvEQ-rFA716ydAoJh74bmxrgSmqd_eo6pRtBmTZaac5sTlDLR-Cp_Esw8kos8bh_DXeWePC4xiucqsGRCxX9IoLRO1GIFvhy75C3y4s0goOer6nnqpNkooHa4IHGHNNb547yzuqyw0UHHi-Zs5DGvP98E1AunPhkxipMlRrU5wWLzZKi0/s963/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="963" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTEbEbxBsvEQ-rFA716ydAoJh74bmxrgSmqd_eo6pRtBmTZaac5sTlDLR-Cp_Esw8kos8bh_DXeWePC4xiucqsGRCxX9IoLRO1GIFvhy75C3y4s0goOer6nnqpNkooHa4IHGHNNb547yzuqyw0UHHi-Zs5DGvP98E1AunPhkxipMlRrU5wWLzZKi0/w400-h290/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.09%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Needle-lace border, detail. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the exhibit section <i>Lace and the 17th-century French Economy</i> we learn that, during the reign of Louis IV, French aristocrats spent heavily on imported lace. To block this flow of capital out of the country, and to support the French economy, Controller-General Jean-Colbert set up and subsidized a home-grown lace industry, importing lace makers from Venice and Flanders to teach the necessary skills. This effort proved a roaring success with monied French fashionistas. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzeCjfhd8BZ119lc0k-klNqVm14N-HLMF26FVM-jmzx90X189sBzr7-h_DRDO9udQhDaMigqInJaBpQfaT5f9tSVw4cWOS-AQxLMdVUYUnDrCPE1fHOacugEjXluUQqLWZTmH3-6tz_PR3RLQlM392r97W94IwLWYkKsp_jgqIlmh5g7CZ8BZsdDb/s878/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.15.02%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzeCjfhd8BZ119lc0k-klNqVm14N-HLMF26FVM-jmzx90X189sBzr7-h_DRDO9udQhDaMigqInJaBpQfaT5f9tSVw4cWOS-AQxLMdVUYUnDrCPE1fHOacugEjXluUQqLWZTmH3-6tz_PR3RLQlM392r97W94IwLWYkKsp_jgqIlmh5g7CZ8BZsdDb/w318-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.15.02%20AM.png" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Marie Rinteau</i>, Francois Drouais, 1761. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bard Center museum layout is basically two galleries on each of three floors, with a hallway connecting the galleries. It's an awkward exhibition space but the curators did their best. I do have a minor quibble with labels printed in white lettering on a light gray background - there was a lot of bending and squinting. However, the 400+ page catalog is amazing - lots of essay, great images, and a glossary of lace terms that is worth the price alone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYX0SnvIQOw4sXWJ6AF5BNKSQHzRd7_BvcduydFKakdvb44axVTW5cpm5yFcvmfwQdrR0kKiwsAlA5fDFnvOGCmjExJ92Sb4X2mAMUg4xDxEjVeuSVhSxdf-V-TIkgYW2mqC7-wi8RKELt8Ychxf5X096Lcxf9pY3e8O1NRLTy7nyzI7LGPDSneW3/s973/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.20.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYX0SnvIQOw4sXWJ6AF5BNKSQHzRd7_BvcduydFKakdvb44axVTW5cpm5yFcvmfwQdrR0kKiwsAlA5fDFnvOGCmjExJ92Sb4X2mAMUg4xDxEjVeuSVhSxdf-V-TIkgYW2mqC7-wi8RKELt8Ychxf5X096Lcxf9pY3e8O1NRLTy7nyzI7LGPDSneW3/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.20.56%20AM.png" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Displays inn the hallway. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The hand-made lace industry contracted following the French Revolution, but lace-making rebounded and hand-made lace continued to be a valued luxury item through the first half of the 19th century. Nothing stops the march of technology, though, and the industrial revolution introduced weaving and embroidering machines which could produce near copies of the hand-made items, making these accessories available to middle-class, middle-income women. However, for women like Queen Victoria, who loved English Honniton lace, nothing but hand-made would do. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-yP7w38HQB4blcQChYBpcN0e3UWy73ULWqrQ1komByESBzTyWSJtBRwl5PW420QfWfoTQpTrGAEfnc4HpVG9eDa7rpJTG_B3OKzTENKei00br0XimDu2BARhiTyiUwJcBMdOs8_nGchp4gwKuc1oX3EEmM94TYuNu9MaZiqEz1DHST6drts4mirY/s979/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.17.04%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="979" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-yP7w38HQB4blcQChYBpcN0e3UWy73ULWqrQ1komByESBzTyWSJtBRwl5PW420QfWfoTQpTrGAEfnc4HpVG9eDa7rpJTG_B3OKzTENKei00br0XimDu2BARhiTyiUwJcBMdOs8_nGchp4gwKuc1oX3EEmM94TYuNu9MaZiqEz1DHST6drts4mirY/w400-h289/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.17.04%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chantilly lace shawl, silk thread, ca. 1860. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrTfSNED30mWpGTS3QJK2PzPNem3B7OASRY-ztolY6Wjr--EKSkdDkkcZDgzIPI78biRycCHVmuibP8R9eheO7LDP8ynC4HeaTf6yv_8oa_4ms7sUievhBIL-GXa_ldcilb3tfIdJGFtQqUKruPbLDm3XeUZ1c-plx7R3zGyw_qlHIhNlH8rSuDGf/s985/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.17.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="761" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrTfSNED30mWpGTS3QJK2PzPNem3B7OASRY-ztolY6Wjr--EKSkdDkkcZDgzIPI78biRycCHVmuibP8R9eheO7LDP8ynC4HeaTf6yv_8oa_4ms7sUievhBIL-GXa_ldcilb3tfIdJGFtQqUKruPbLDm3XeUZ1c-plx7R3zGyw_qlHIhNlH8rSuDGf/w309-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.17.30%20AM.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chantilly lace shawl, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6ADCHtrJ9E3F--OwNQxFsUEi2lo78UMHKfwww_YPOIPkbJGBJU3Smo2AKq9NAWiW8Yecsx07T6zKLqPrua6c-97bYd09_EV8mmhUliZt0bqXaPgqitleOXW8hn15rAfy3a-yrvjm2zzwHldPh9_2Uog9JGIjEFoNvw6sRwl3HkarO4L82Qq0xkzF/s1024/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.21.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6ADCHtrJ9E3F--OwNQxFsUEi2lo78UMHKfwww_YPOIPkbJGBJU3Smo2AKq9NAWiW8Yecsx07T6zKLqPrua6c-97bYd09_EV8mmhUliZt0bqXaPgqitleOXW8hn15rAfy3a-yrvjm2zzwHldPh9_2Uog9JGIjEFoNvw6sRwl3HkarO4L82Qq0xkzF/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.21.19%20AM.png" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ball gown, ca. 1855-1858, assumed worn by Fanny Appleton Longfellow.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorite objects in the show is the hand-made lace collar below, designed by Mathilde Hrdlicka (1859-1917) and instructor at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna. The design, featuring Queen Anne's lace, has a modern feel to it. Most lace schools are long gone, and although there were efforts to revive lace-making as a cottage industry in the twentieth century, lace-making is now mainly practiced by skilled hobbyists. As part of the exhibit, members of the <a href="https://www.brooklynlaceguild.com/">Brooklyn Lace Guild</a> volunteered to sit in the fourth floor gallery and give demonstrations of lace-making. The Guild's co-founder <a href="https://elenakanagyloux.carbonmade.com/about">Elena Kanagy-Loux</a>, is a textile polymath and Collections Specialist at the Antonio Ratti Center at the Metropolitan Museum. For the Bard exhibit, Ms. Kanagy-Loux designed and made a bobbin lace creation on the theme of Judith and Holofernes, a favorite topic for historical lace makers. I couldn't get an image of the item but you can see it at the Bard Center's website. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlNrmTxmNhTT7D2UxZdrV8Pog4l84wrLdKLaEGEykjZRn8kkEAchP_hqJs-vKVySqDzAXh7QjVNDJJuhmfMSrS6MtqWN03BLBXvE0EV2RtUT1A9UW-YMnx6u0dZ7s2iLPLbkEsiS2HTa4D-Ky7FiRzutBDn7Ip04sirSe34nHlCZKeWSWqvBdojoK/s888/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.18.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlNrmTxmNhTT7D2UxZdrV8Pog4l84wrLdKLaEGEykjZRn8kkEAchP_hqJs-vKVySqDzAXh7QjVNDJJuhmfMSrS6MtqWN03BLBXvE0EV2RtUT1A9UW-YMnx6u0dZ7s2iLPLbkEsiS2HTa4D-Ky7FiRzutBDn7Ip04sirSe34nHlCZKeWSWqvBdojoK/w340-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.18.43%20AM.png" width="340" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hand-made needlelace collar, ca. 1900.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP-QFWBCbV3xQL8ElaCoSPO1Nd7UvCQhnQ1Lbm45YKAcmakfVbAnLywHHYiLALeuEleu3mS8pxooyJe-RG50T_o-fHTHRGpAcCOKAirNAmTM2DtUN-fLzKfQ6E59DJIrauRWHsjUDJZyuxbg4bX_Dy2AF-dhVpQuKvj79B4fOdz__lg9Mhcc5NyVl/s874/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.20.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="623" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP-QFWBCbV3xQL8ElaCoSPO1Nd7UvCQhnQ1Lbm45YKAcmakfVbAnLywHHYiLALeuEleu3mS8pxooyJe-RG50T_o-fHTHRGpAcCOKAirNAmTM2DtUN-fLzKfQ6E59DJIrauRWHsjUDJZyuxbg4bX_Dy2AF-dhVpQuKvj79B4fOdz__lg9Mhcc5NyVl/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.20.29%20AM.png" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hand-made collar, detail. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today most lace used in garments and accessories is machine-made and includes a class of textile called "chemical lace". This doesn't sound too romantic and it isn't - large machines stitch patterns on vertically-tensioned special fabric. The fabric, or substrate, is then immersed in a chemical bath which dissolves the substrate but leaves the embroidered stitches intact. One gallery of the exhibit, <i>Post-War Fashion and Chemical Lace,</i> was primarily devoted to the machine-made lace produced by the manufacturer who collected most of the historic lace in the exhibit - Leopold Ilké, who, with his brother, managed the textile firm of Ilké Frères. His collection of historic lace provided inspiration for their line of machine-made yardage and motifs. The Ilké factory was located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, which has been a center of textile production since the 13th century. Many other manufacturers established factories there too, such as A. Hufenus and Cie, which produced the fabric in the image below.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7ubMAqFyNo13QBvXsqIMXekucF-8sMLFQ_u7BQ2uaol5ovh2baijhutgec6EH6EoCfaKyc-U-bM9dlVCFNcHLilUDLuCgjEMrVDVQRIngN1b_n215O7q4WBoFD2BXlSv6VWMy_rLy6gRxjHtId8TyokWYZ-o9pGHXjO9F6IOD3mmvo0SR_OLVxaW/s856/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.36%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="627" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7ubMAqFyNo13QBvXsqIMXekucF-8sMLFQ_u7BQ2uaol5ovh2baijhutgec6EH6EoCfaKyc-U-bM9dlVCFNcHLilUDLuCgjEMrVDVQRIngN1b_n215O7q4WBoFD2BXlSv6VWMy_rLy6gRxjHtId8TyokWYZ-o9pGHXjO9F6IOD3mmvo0SR_OLVxaW/w293-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.16.36%20AM.png" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Photograph with eyelet embroidery swatch, ca. 1932-35.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chemical or other machine-made lace was sturdy enough to be used for apparel fabrics, giving rise to the all-over lace dress, where formally lace was limited to use as an embellishment or accessory. Fashion designers continue to explore new ways to create lace and new ways to use it, as presented in the final gallery.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKzv-JYUgD5I-vsKu4vty9TZTlBlw72Z7Q9OF45IkglcVHtZgSUZ081JRwUpPt5quFf4gqbVroFpjsLXlSKfvaGYOIJzSRDcbHKY4LKKcHHfzAAU8AECZizisN4TCHLJDG-Ski1xLA6_wAnHOEmYTvXrEq2SxMNtr9cpXpn7tIwnBc3DeYVrUY0wZ/s967/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.18.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="967" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKzv-JYUgD5I-vsKu4vty9TZTlBlw72Z7Q9OF45IkglcVHtZgSUZ081JRwUpPt5quFf4gqbVroFpjsLXlSKfvaGYOIJzSRDcbHKY4LKKcHHfzAAU8AECZizisN4TCHLJDG-Ski1xLA6_wAnHOEmYTvXrEq2SxMNtr9cpXpn7tIwnBc3DeYVrUY0wZ/w400-h285/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%209.18.09%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Masked visitor perusing modern lace fabrics.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzgOPnKNd9X6Yk7qH8kv_hEPpt4O3IlABHwFkwFr0zHG6MEn2vxEonsLt44_6ktPB_NPR7kLLqt9eNGG4c13fbmi0QNbWxg4BMbaRLj89ILRMQ6aUq7c3HYovQFcB5UQ_Sn3sI30a-pe01JGPYGUcko6fEUV47Lbg0NAVlU_1xLqv52ZQcpJ53mRY/s972/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-09%20at%202.30.53%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="972" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzgOPnKNd9X6Yk7qH8kv_hEPpt4O3IlABHwFkwFr0zHG6MEn2vxEonsLt44_6ktPB_NPR7kLLqt9eNGG4c13fbmi0QNbWxg4BMbaRLj89ILRMQ6aUq7c3HYovQFcB5UQ_Sn3sI30a-pe01JGPYGUcko6fEUV47Lbg0NAVlU_1xLqv52ZQcpJ53mRY/w400-h284/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-09%20at%202.30.53%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chemical lace lurex with hand-applied feathers, Jacob Schlaepfer PG, 1998.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most famous modern lace dresses is the lemongrass ensemble worn by Michelle Obama to the inauguration in 2009. The ensemble was lent to the Bard exhibit by the Obama Presidential Library. This ensemble, made with a felted wool lace, was made by the late couturier <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/style/isabel-toledo-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=mN8O6wc99wRK6J2koMznYtHyjPEeYM6CBCduonwlgHLccplXr0td0buZv4-mLcQPgBYuKpZ8JmYM-px-ol_1QbOKb2NIgWoSZVSAuwIhOzSn_YM7IAVpEqYv1SfwaJwlKieWTPVOL-fgc0g66mCG4WRJB9DoI9F3n97op6iLdWaMQxlcvNaBsXQVmr-vULx7wLFuLAujI4BjHg-OoXgCYKOsYZJiZpDM0wY-t1yjG677jJom1Zpy_Qrit9vmxHY7NiN3WJyQpo57I6LZnsWDNkiTs-mQ5i-cHQk1WV7KqwihicrqoOXvg30kCL9R7Ir370yflbl8XTPSRA&smid=share-url">Isabel Toledo</a>. Clearly, lace retains its appeal. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBb4OtlykcdzSeqvW2VAsz4u3v7mJ5a0hodm0OxS7-i-3sOfsdn2eY6fOtGzEJEq_V6FDEH0Mqg-5FqDddZre1f5wfDbfBKlz88s4tk-Y_Y5SHlwVnGFbztXSAfrCGFxchxNcAbfWcNpDSq3nf_2T4LSGrNuwvVZJTCuWR4IRUoEQV0zlu4fwqCA9/s867/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%2012.27.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="867" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBb4OtlykcdzSeqvW2VAsz4u3v7mJ5a0hodm0OxS7-i-3sOfsdn2eY6fOtGzEJEq_V6FDEH0Mqg-5FqDddZre1f5wfDbfBKlz88s4tk-Y_Y5SHlwVnGFbztXSAfrCGFxchxNcAbfWcNpDSq3nf_2T4LSGrNuwvVZJTCuWR4IRUoEQV0zlu4fwqCA9/w400-h369/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%2012.27.37%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo: Alex Brandon, AP.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-34940957990912792072023-01-02T10:54:00.002-05:002023-01-02T14:08:28.624-05:00Quilts by Tomie Nagano - Celebrating Mother's Memory. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh7xGBkzWON_pC5QwT0OWIbhbdkPz-T0bxdKAp06lYT6kW0PqWZp2TjUZ8QHlx6ulozGFqrutsjxCcxhBn_ExABPGewX8QxSl3q3TiEFhJyvdONIDRz84uKjchU3nwLQjwNrTW6BiitG51UBO2YDM5V5L0AeGK826UtKH-jdyjV_BMbUSm1eov5sN/s934/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%208.20.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="791" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh7xGBkzWON_pC5QwT0OWIbhbdkPz-T0bxdKAp06lYT6kW0PqWZp2TjUZ8QHlx6ulozGFqrutsjxCcxhBn_ExABPGewX8QxSl3q3TiEFhJyvdONIDRz84uKjchU3nwLQjwNrTW6BiitG51UBO2YDM5V5L0AeGK826UtKH-jdyjV_BMbUSm1eov5sN/w339-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%208.20.51%20AM.png" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Our Beautiful Earth</i>, 1994.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just before the end of the year DH and I went to the New England Quilt Museum, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to see an<a href="https://www.neqm.org/celebrating-mothers-memory-details"> exhibit of quilts</a> by artist Tomie Nagano. Ms. Nagano (born 1950) is originally from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, and now splits her time between Dedham, Massachusetts and Hokkaido. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r1-jZn2ht1LmwB3jGwnuUWBeUbfhEukh2fT2QJgj8vgmnub87MISdu7rrfDa6pxFN056QgUddJI260KhQo7UZIJGe5RYo5Ysn-GQLNnCAWPAeiP703WhRwk5hNCIIWtkC9q03zLnlY8UpybP_LMpGBHOvVI-_TjF6smGePQM5vMNCfOrHdq6-r8x/s976/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%208.48.37%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="976" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r1-jZn2ht1LmwB3jGwnuUWBeUbfhEukh2fT2QJgj8vgmnub87MISdu7rrfDa6pxFN056QgUddJI260KhQo7UZIJGe5RYo5Ysn-GQLNnCAWPAeiP703WhRwk5hNCIIWtkC9q03zLnlY8UpybP_LMpGBHOvVI-_TjF6smGePQM5vMNCfOrHdq6-r8x/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%208.48.37%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Our Beautiful Earth</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlmKsYSe9Wz8gpvCUqb3q-uTouV2OdQMdKjCv6j9Pxk1LkzjNTayVP9KS2i2xoD8UvS3o__6cP8bIPATkd76We6L5pXn1R0lQzCTKB12gxkg-nnYMYQcqqQjkGplIgL_GsVpHyMcdGHo0QnTKd-tuME1GGWqYP4zCzuFaD7fRyZYzROxFeDOOpglk/s895/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.56.34%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="895" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlmKsYSe9Wz8gpvCUqb3q-uTouV2OdQMdKjCv6j9Pxk1LkzjNTayVP9KS2i2xoD8UvS3o__6cP8bIPATkd76We6L5pXn1R0lQzCTKB12gxkg-nnYMYQcqqQjkGplIgL_GsVpHyMcdGHo0QnTKd-tuME1GGWqYP4zCzuFaD7fRyZYzROxFeDOOpglk/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.56.34%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Windows</i>, 1996.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yCnI_OKE7DDcqLcrrJCZTh0VjdZKQeIJ49RVXrr3ZkPP3nQdKJ6M1zl47JXYNkkmoHZpJ2jqP8KWA0pb5hvYajOb1UEGp1xNhw8wge80tiCvjc9Ut4cl5jXs0zr-D07JPeAxh_4C0iNOemL_kuM5_VE7rjeyTACPt4t0ZydeazWGgdwX5dXfIKl6/s832/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.56.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="832" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yCnI_OKE7DDcqLcrrJCZTh0VjdZKQeIJ49RVXrr3ZkPP3nQdKJ6M1zl47JXYNkkmoHZpJ2jqP8KWA0pb5hvYajOb1UEGp1xNhw8wge80tiCvjc9Ut4cl5jXs0zr-D07JPeAxh_4C0iNOemL_kuM5_VE7rjeyTACPt4t0ZydeazWGgdwX5dXfIKl6/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.56.58%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Windows</i>, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7cy4z41QClX_Dp94ECzK7tfZhXpOg7w_-mUin-x6r4T9IpRw5fPBK2w5hgzHRzmBew5oGhkWg_nadM1IQrP00pNjfXS5Pq-PqgbP0APlbT3DiQVwPcdDkwKEVYWR5YHiiwL2bSVwDXM1cGRyHufX9e_gqASGqZbh10TWJKnsVe2u4r70-WbNSgPl/s724/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.57.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="701" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7cy4z41QClX_Dp94ECzK7tfZhXpOg7w_-mUin-x6r4T9IpRw5fPBK2w5hgzHRzmBew5oGhkWg_nadM1IQrP00pNjfXS5Pq-PqgbP0APlbT3DiQVwPcdDkwKEVYWR5YHiiwL2bSVwDXM1cGRyHufX9e_gqASGqZbh10TWJKnsVe2u4r70-WbNSgPl/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.57.33%20PM.png" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Double Irish Chain</i>, 1998.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLFTQpWMA4fy3zr9_xwaQt_yF097ZYyt5KZGScOMeZSxY2Saipiq4JXZkHuSAB8_THW4gigfhOLNYDxYJxSkq8arkCxR-8FqEClyPJQa3Q80qa5vFG65dsbzseoE6A0vJ29oCKGtBXO_eMHDvMbdB8wg4ScmAM8x1lBfEYYJnLOeUlARUybMYbKdH/s910/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.57.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="910" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLFTQpWMA4fy3zr9_xwaQt_yF097ZYyt5KZGScOMeZSxY2Saipiq4JXZkHuSAB8_THW4gigfhOLNYDxYJxSkq8arkCxR-8FqEClyPJQa3Q80qa5vFG65dsbzseoE6A0vJ29oCKGtBXO_eMHDvMbdB8wg4ScmAM8x1lBfEYYJnLOeUlARUybMYbKdH/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.57.52%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Double Irish Chain</i>, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She began making quilts when her mother gave her many old kimonos, indicating it was Tomie's task to give these family heirloom fabrics a new life, what we now call "upcycling". Ms. Nagano adapted several traditional American quilt patterns for the project of reusing and preserving these precious textiles, as well as other fabrics she collected. Every artifact is hand-stitched and hand-quilted by Ms. Nagano. And this is after the time-intensive work of deconstructing the old kimonos, or other garments, from which the fabrics are harvested. Most of the works in the exhibit date from the 1990's.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmFMb1Zn6dXo2W7rleCExnp-JTSHx9ynKFJ4El-N8v-mpRkzst-yZwJRBBVp_UprTKupuRJo27kfwtQ0jIW7yzArQvANnovS3o8FwD8sMzU2uoYYBLpdCNa8fZdz2oR7zo8IXYKmycuGeaOGQ8L9lIzwHXHfY4zaemLUyccLcSxnRC66NRdHhi74o/s717/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.58.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="717" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmFMb1Zn6dXo2W7rleCExnp-JTSHx9ynKFJ4El-N8v-mpRkzst-yZwJRBBVp_UprTKupuRJo27kfwtQ0jIW7yzArQvANnovS3o8FwD8sMzU2uoYYBLpdCNa8fZdz2oR7zo8IXYKmycuGeaOGQ8L9lIzwHXHfY4zaemLUyccLcSxnRC66NRdHhi74o/w400-h399/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.58.11%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Octagon Stripe</i>, 1994.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFoVstfk9XbTIruJtkknMigGFWM7M8k_uTYnFDPGAN41GvOClFNgbggVirb22BxEd6JDKRaVdUAPqBBvSB92pvcdJMl3-kAYVTvUK_dzg47G2fDkqEwZX_fV8iQFMx8S_spIXyvlUXKgrd5VpFbnppTg90slXXiQ8E__5aj2KCF3N7gzr0NejYxIL/s880/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.58.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="880" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFoVstfk9XbTIruJtkknMigGFWM7M8k_uTYnFDPGAN41GvOClFNgbggVirb22BxEd6JDKRaVdUAPqBBvSB92pvcdJMl3-kAYVTvUK_dzg47G2fDkqEwZX_fV8iQFMx8S_spIXyvlUXKgrd5VpFbnppTg90slXXiQ8E__5aj2KCF3N7gzr0NejYxIL/w400-h318/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-01%20at%206.58.30%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Octagon Stripe</i>, detail. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of the quilts feature primarily indigo fabrics, with accents of yellow and orange. The consistent color palette makes the overall exhibit very visually cohesive. Many Japanese textile processes are on view, too, including woven stripes, kasuri (like ikat weaving), and stencil resist printing.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42KgxWhTePCKE99s6i3xE3u_-rLM2GsYdsCb8qUT-U8GZ1imNZTtKFN34aVe4yK4g0Wk_VwaQVJ0bxB8uvfvhHpD1WxGL-LX-iPia9nWho5B_tkg5JEaEpoQ3ZsbfqOuFk6hscNGi362pw2Auh71IlvHoiLkBXeJUGLJ_7rJdsu6bak9XBvPdak-B/s980/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.29.08%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="980" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42KgxWhTePCKE99s6i3xE3u_-rLM2GsYdsCb8qUT-U8GZ1imNZTtKFN34aVe4yK4g0Wk_VwaQVJ0bxB8uvfvhHpD1WxGL-LX-iPia9nWho5B_tkg5JEaEpoQ3ZsbfqOuFk6hscNGi362pw2Auh71IlvHoiLkBXeJUGLJ_7rJdsu6bak9XBvPdak-B/w400-h300/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.29.08%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Gallery overview. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7nt3I-vyznDSdnPCmNvaOBJ7h6a1ha__1h9RNVi5WhA2t3y0F_WpJTEGBEe_JpommjbAEIVK8ll7tCrMjwfVbH7QIVPjVS4ySoJQzN4z4Vn8V2VdGuMgxu-omw5yevyTaubA8_7x_SM6sthQ8YPtFz0NRP6xY6Ap73yb2tbb4k-2BtphT-SQuCq7/s704/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.27.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="693" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7nt3I-vyznDSdnPCmNvaOBJ7h6a1ha__1h9RNVi5WhA2t3y0F_WpJTEGBEe_JpommjbAEIVK8ll7tCrMjwfVbH7QIVPjVS4ySoJQzN4z4Vn8V2VdGuMgxu-omw5yevyTaubA8_7x_SM6sthQ8YPtFz0NRP6xY6Ap73yb2tbb4k-2BtphT-SQuCq7/w394-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.27.24%20AM.png" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Hiyakka Ryurun (100 Kimono Flowers Blooming)</i>, 1993.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIbzx4lVhg9K68Yx3uvraTJxalb1HQwFZyA1c2J7yRbdm-Aa-rWczh4DQ-ql8WaweKzD4_BH-fkh-HF3u2L4mmfuKZhMSc_La3bYXr5G3ScbQiBlFly02MiXFNFLxK0WOLLxhF8an-kKLacVfoqsMU-V_rl6vI88kYRTaoZI8MlArbzQeyS7aFbGc/s935/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.27.53%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="935" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIbzx4lVhg9K68Yx3uvraTJxalb1HQwFZyA1c2J7yRbdm-Aa-rWczh4DQ-ql8WaweKzD4_BH-fkh-HF3u2L4mmfuKZhMSc_La3bYXr5G3ScbQiBlFly02MiXFNFLxK0WOLLxhF8an-kKLacVfoqsMU-V_rl6vI88kYRTaoZI8MlArbzQeyS7aFbGc/w400-h297/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.27.53%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hiyakka Ryurun</i>, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Nagano works at a large scale, in the tradition of wall-covering tapestries, and her quilts have a lot of presence. Sometimes the quilts are paired, making them even more monumental. The paired quilts below were inspired by the Okhlotsk Sea, near her Hokkaido studio. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE95B8liCSgGQBgdcmhRyAEYBo0YznsD_rtKzpMR6vp6nDRz4sI9H7BI1YGX-QFMPZWS0QmHNRcNi46IXIHt4EaksubCIhSsitiGklrXqnoUW5NUQedoIwOaRi_GIp9BKGF-MYfLPBRtY8u5H9v4DQkZ9PItfVeZpw4iWvOxMqCaFQ3I1_NkJaahRC/s889/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.29.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="889" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE95B8liCSgGQBgdcmhRyAEYBo0YznsD_rtKzpMR6vp6nDRz4sI9H7BI1YGX-QFMPZWS0QmHNRcNi46IXIHt4EaksubCIhSsitiGklrXqnoUW5NUQedoIwOaRi_GIp9BKGF-MYfLPBRtY8u5H9v4DQkZ9PItfVeZpw4iWvOxMqCaFQ3I1_NkJaahRC/w400-h324/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%209.29.47%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Okhlotsk Blue 1 and 2</i>, 1991.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Nagano and her family donated several of her quilts to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: <a href="https://collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/%22tomie%20nagano%22/images?page=1">https://collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/%22tomie%20nagano%22/images?page=1<br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This should ensure the preservation of those fabrics so precious to her family, truly celebrating her mother's memory. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mAiuUmaOnTh0t4VM3XgvCiuihUj-wM1JG-P1yyNUZEA69uia8Q7-v8FocqWg-uq36WooWLJlp5b_xLJxafsoDhdy8XzwOuj9MCXhVQ6Y2pC9zTHKgkKAY98k0MM6wUj132BmWabyiH3CG57QYieApD9RlPmQf2Zqfj9XVyGmgAqhwIo-QO2FI_ce/s977/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%2010.52.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="977" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mAiuUmaOnTh0t4VM3XgvCiuihUj-wM1JG-P1yyNUZEA69uia8Q7-v8FocqWg-uq36WooWLJlp5b_xLJxafsoDhdy8XzwOuj9MCXhVQ6Y2pC9zTHKgkKAY98k0MM6wUj132BmWabyiH3CG57QYieApD9RlPmQf2Zqfj9XVyGmgAqhwIo-QO2FI_ce/w400-h299/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-02%20at%2010.52.51%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Okhlotsk Blue 1 and 2</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-43133680629763114322022-12-27T12:28:00.001-05:002022-12-27T12:28:38.896-05:00Laces of Ipswich<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71bo22IZLRVeyDhBnP5IgRbY8M-v71o_zFwoeRZTZOC4f7Pb0qcdE8G64C59aSa01ZzHwEwtlqlGTWPk1wRXy4h6dHQxHLFAzpyv6nyo0phR8LSBBupoK5dAeCXtvLZIPz-ve5DaTkKxD5Q9q51CHBxL-k6e06G0jmw_26IxFjgiq-U5h2h6g48QY/s486/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-26%20at%209.45.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="358" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71bo22IZLRVeyDhBnP5IgRbY8M-v71o_zFwoeRZTZOC4f7Pb0qcdE8G64C59aSa01ZzHwEwtlqlGTWPk1wRXy4h6dHQxHLFAzpyv6nyo0phR8LSBBupoK5dAeCXtvLZIPz-ve5DaTkKxD5Q9q51CHBxL-k6e06G0jmw_26IxFjgiq-U5h2h6g48QY/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-26%20at%209.45.46%20AM.png" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cover, <i>The Laces of Ipswich</i>, with costumed interpreter.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I recently read a fascinating book on a aspect of New England textile history new to me. In the mid-18th century women in Ipswich, a town on the north shore of Boston, Massachusetts, established a very successful cottage industry in lace-making. At the height of production, 600 lace makers created pillow lace, making edgings for bonnets and shawls. This wasn't a recreational hobby but rather provided much needed additional income for the lace maker's household. We are lucky in researcher and author Marta Cotterell Raffel, who dug deep and is an engaging writer too. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1791 Ipswich resident Reverend Joseph Dana prepared a report for businessman and senator George Cabot on the lace industry in Ipswich. The report, with thirty-six small samples of lace, was ultimately submitted to Alexander Hamilton, eager to assess industries in the new country as imports from Britain were curtailed or halted altogether. Eventually the samples became part of the Library of Congress collections, where they have been expertly conserved to this day. The image below is from the Library of Congress website.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABnZzjEeGywV1e2XeWGjDX3ZsJ7pQToAlkcQd_UtvKmKYJPteyk-JtDwS04_NHD5WEyZkIuYFB908Qm_VMcADQga3kg35hYfoKWIZsbOReSuFrujyLl37_MGtDvHIndxHmMk6VVR1vsaQyB7-aHZQ9ZkuNNLIvPIN6rTRhbav_4apI1OA6EDunB0/s1007/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-27%20at%2012.12.39%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1007" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABnZzjEeGywV1e2XeWGjDX3ZsJ7pQToAlkcQd_UtvKmKYJPteyk-JtDwS04_NHD5WEyZkIuYFB908Qm_VMcADQga3kg35hYfoKWIZsbOReSuFrujyLl37_MGtDvHIndxHmMk6VVR1vsaQyB7-aHZQ9ZkuNNLIvPIN6rTRhbav_4apI1OA6EDunB0/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-27%20at%2012.12.39%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.003_0347_0460/?sp=19&r=-0.096,-0.064,1.111,0.715,0">https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.003_0347_0460/?sp=19&r=-0.096,-0.064,1.111,0.715,0</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book has a valuable glossary, images of lace samples, portraits of New England women wearing the lace, and a bibliography. Modern day lace makers have reproduced some of the historic patterns. An appendix shows several of these recreated samples with their corresponding pattern, called a "pricking". Below is a detail of an Ipswich lace with its associated "pricking". The lace maker inserted her pins into the holes of the pricking, and wove around the pins, using linen or silk thread wound onto her bobbins.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54N_4vfVGQrYIWigCn4syfIH1bmcv5zXmoX7UMCnf9rEA55TScO6Z-ehglxHkyWyGrdx_ySKRDWpFmzceH4_QoSq7nunfyh4fEpTST1i2frT4LruayuNgFpmZDgH9qF0r28CRk5ybHehQyP0wiamBHU6cbk78l_pP-P_eXS3zkDZFrRGECAL_umg4/s654/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-27%20at%2012.14.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="654" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54N_4vfVGQrYIWigCn4syfIH1bmcv5zXmoX7UMCnf9rEA55TScO6Z-ehglxHkyWyGrdx_ySKRDWpFmzceH4_QoSq7nunfyh4fEpTST1i2frT4LruayuNgFpmZDgH9qF0r28CRk5ybHehQyP0wiamBHU6cbk78l_pP-P_eXS3zkDZFrRGECAL_umg4/w400-h266/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-27%20at%2012.14.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/ipswich-lace"><span style="color: #b45f06;">https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/ipswich-lace</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's important to note the lace produced is not the highly refined lace produced by women in Irish convents or trained by lace schools in Europe. Such imported lace was a luxury item and embellished the clothing and accessories of women of highest social status. The lace makers of Ipswich, who learned from each other, were producing lace edgings affordable by middle-class women - the wives of merchants and other businessmen, for example. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With the advent of machine-made lace this once-valued textile lost some of its exclusivity and allure, and the making of Ipswich lace ceased about 1840, although a few practitioners continue until the end of the century. There was a bit of a revival in the 1920's as part of the general Colonial Revival movement, when antiquarians such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Nutting">Wallace Nutting</a> recreated a rather romantic vision of colonial life through staged photography. One major contribution of this revival was the preservation of colonial artifacts and renewed appreciation of the skills demonstrated.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cK16h5jK9urN08eCneRrslE7dLyw22EgSADP5Ih1BsmK_3DnRfpk-Gi4XXMxa7ZC7xPeS4h_aJ-eWsQRATX7PmzzNzXx5PYZegSFA-xrLC65B3gZaQxUSYm9YExPDWmL2iksrBwaeWffSy-JqPAHKaN7rr6zpFngqu6lETnLTvgEESSSvEgdbc8U/s697/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-26%20at%209.54.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="537" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cK16h5jK9urN08eCneRrslE7dLyw22EgSADP5Ih1BsmK_3DnRfpk-Gi4XXMxa7ZC7xPeS4h_aJ-eWsQRATX7PmzzNzXx5PYZegSFA-xrLC65B3gZaQxUSYm9YExPDWmL2iksrBwaeWffSy-JqPAHKaN7rr6zpFngqu6lETnLTvgEESSSvEgdbc8U/w309-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-26%20at%209.54.52%20AM.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Recreation of Ipswich lace edging, with "pricking" pattern. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ISBN 1-58465-163-6 <br /></span></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-62692227330941078882022-12-25T10:59:00.000-05:002022-12-25T10:59:22.195-05:00Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2023<div style="text-align: left;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7n1O7JRMq8jSDVOF5cO9rf7ik14beu9exdBWVBzoHZbzfMGQPEhbpzJfHK6nA-P9Q9rzvb-itndPDjYDSjwyut2R9_2Lf_dbKgxay_e3gs2Gs7AQNevKV6w42-sfPBJhn1hCNFgWqm9H4b3X3IaikUpB3ntQ9kzzokEaQQshN5ofFukGsdqa8w2SR/s850/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-25%20at%2010.52.15%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="850" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7n1O7JRMq8jSDVOF5cO9rf7ik14beu9exdBWVBzoHZbzfMGQPEhbpzJfHK6nA-P9Q9rzvb-itndPDjYDSjwyut2R9_2Lf_dbKgxay_e3gs2Gs7AQNevKV6w42-sfPBJhn1hCNFgWqm9H4b3X3IaikUpB3ntQ9kzzokEaQQshN5ofFukGsdqa8w2SR/w400-h270/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-25%20at%2010.52.15%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Morning after a snowfall at Koishikawa</i>, Hokusai, c. 1832. woodblock print.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you so much for reading my blog. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023 to you and your family.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For more about this image ( and to view at a larger scale), see <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1927-0613-0-13">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1927-0613-0-13</a></span><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-46500697964969977072022-12-23T11:06:00.001-05:002022-12-23T11:55:49.438-05:00Jordan Nassar tatreez embroidery<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmOEctQs2E7MGPlD8_jICXDXBsoukhHI4904NE6P1oKIPOZHUtCw9GUZUoWEiZrPoZVyJNHC8jAm_sGaZ1swT7m47Eft9BwQ_BESP2xWBHHXjg-GCb-AcWXLDrjTGVTAAK99pzKeQ-l2qOU4QQcHSC5533xIHB3DQOXW1AmQWMMwCtrTL-i6tRSxX/s890/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.48.05%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="751" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmOEctQs2E7MGPlD8_jICXDXBsoukhHI4904NE6P1oKIPOZHUtCw9GUZUoWEiZrPoZVyJNHC8jAm_sGaZ1swT7m47Eft9BwQ_BESP2xWBHHXjg-GCb-AcWXLDrjTGVTAAK99pzKeQ-l2qOU4QQcHSC5533xIHB3DQOXW1AmQWMMwCtrTL-i6tRSxX/w338-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.48.05%20AM.png" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tatreez design by Jordan Nassar, stitched by me.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From an article in <a href="https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/let-s-tatreez">Selvedge magazine</a>, I learned about the work of Palestinian-American Jordan Nassar, who works in a contemporary form of traditional Palestinian embroidery called tatreez. For the London cultural center The Mosaic Rooms he created a down-loadable <a href="https://mosaicrooms.org/event/lets-tatreez/">tatreez pattern</a>. One of the colorways suggested was magenta and orange on black canvas. I liked this very much, so decided to stitch it using DMC pearl cotton number 8 in colors 600 (magenta) and 741 (orange-y yellow) on a piece of 15" x 18" 14-count Aida cloth. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbD9ksq0fjlX1zKejDuVGc8M2djoz8OE9xEZbSd6QkVhO-rgOhfgTFFSf4loexS7Rt4QZ6RX-rHLiDB3U7LjOrimpLnapk29R4rkMTeEqTHh-u6SmZzxVjWTAKZlxhw7uQGMfBI8YLgboBYOgn3ZKR6iioCOesBqUuasGxcDJDNS10c6xm_anTc2Z/s995/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%2010.56.38%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="741" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbD9ksq0fjlX1zKejDuVGc8M2djoz8OE9xEZbSd6QkVhO-rgOhfgTFFSf4loexS7Rt4QZ6RX-rHLiDB3U7LjOrimpLnapk29R4rkMTeEqTHh-u6SmZzxVjWTAKZlxhw7uQGMfBI8YLgboBYOgn3ZKR6iioCOesBqUuasGxcDJDNS10c6xm_anTc2Z/w298-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%2010.56.38%20AM.png" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pattern.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I printed out the material from The Mosaic Rooms and added center guidelines, in red pen, to the pattern. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhpz-2lpCgi7-iDZOMEwDG271bOy1miHZLf9VZdK0FMUaaNP7ATFL3iQDqT3s5gu9i4n-3Ux4n3TsI5AzcPtpEk9IW9SIyNntfU24SLBanu2UbpL4EEDdggu-GqIYkMDfMdFf2dCjZT4hCFKJxs6uxJrMBZf2EQEIv6Nu9k_nX0Y5bZKi7YcSixsQ/s966/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.46.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhpz-2lpCgi7-iDZOMEwDG271bOy1miHZLf9VZdK0FMUaaNP7ATFL3iQDqT3s5gu9i4n-3Ux4n3TsI5AzcPtpEk9IW9SIyNntfU24SLBanu2UbpL4EEDdggu-GqIYkMDfMdFf2dCjZT4hCFKJxs6uxJrMBZf2EQEIv6Nu9k_nX0Y5bZKi7YcSixsQ/w280-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.46.16%20AM.png" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">In progress.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I basted center line guidelines first and popped the canvas into a Q-snap embroidery frame, seen above, and started stitching from the center outwards, counting extremely carefully.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCJcfYsxB-3xAIcaAeYXs8GwOH0BpI9n4FdYdZZ2NPLOdWjzWNUWPJ_kKC73FFEat7ZJ4kGVdqJgjSEWZnwD6EtNZ_GyZzAkvwpE7yJviT00seQPbQQBXY3QQqQB5KKdDqn76hvItyggLyjs3nYXyqi7OxApGapsdcei2w1bvJozB53Et-9VMtsQT/s901/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.46.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="901" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCJcfYsxB-3xAIcaAeYXs8GwOH0BpI9n4FdYdZZ2NPLOdWjzWNUWPJ_kKC73FFEat7ZJ4kGVdqJgjSEWZnwD6EtNZ_GyZzAkvwpE7yJviT00seQPbQQBXY3QQqQB5KKdDqn76hvItyggLyjs3nYXyqi7OxApGapsdcei2w1bvJozB53Et-9VMtsQT/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.46.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Outer border completed.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-XWgjlsK0n1dZcx_tKW5d8RuLxMkcEyrL62p0KisBtzKXy5PbWTPmZB3_vT12DrHBX-CRAeD4fLbdqzJNE9BMOsuc-Gama7Y2py0-QE_KWfNQJLHx_4K1SSjF5v4naWVtaHn7Zty0SRii7m1j9GMOB5bv3FMIuenCiYyL1Mmtp9sXCwrwlRUYmhX/s980/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%2011.04.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="980" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-XWgjlsK0n1dZcx_tKW5d8RuLxMkcEyrL62p0KisBtzKXy5PbWTPmZB3_vT12DrHBX-CRAeD4fLbdqzJNE9BMOsuc-Gama7Y2py0-QE_KWfNQJLHx_4K1SSjF5v4naWVtaHn7Zty0SRii7m1j9GMOB5bv3FMIuenCiYyL1Mmtp9sXCwrwlRUYmhX/w400-h265/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%2011.04.39%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close-up of stitching.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-1_vJDg61QIliMhc-8XYBbvVX2cuHqaOfwReHG7WMSRx6u0lxiyqAJh1KUYO3nmj6nOJmtZQZMdS8mWay_b4HYHrVXXtP2XvzrbTtPlOBj04NwMmHrL_jVliNiw0WZbJ3xG2iMOvuHKnzA8riqrRmpSUssExrzger-RaLckGt_4-Eq8zg3suK0bW/s969/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.47.37%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="969" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-1_vJDg61QIliMhc-8XYBbvVX2cuHqaOfwReHG7WMSRx6u0lxiyqAJh1KUYO3nmj6nOJmtZQZMdS8mWay_b4HYHrVXXtP2XvzrbTtPlOBj04NwMmHrL_jVliNiw0WZbJ3xG2iMOvuHKnzA8riqrRmpSUssExrzger-RaLckGt_4-Eq8zg3suK0bW/w400-h268/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.47.37%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The back, in progress.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I found it useful to sometimes tack down thread using drafting tape, a low-tack, low-residue tape. This allowed me to change or amend my stitching before tying off.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOl8srp5WTcGy3rggaKarFtZgh0RvzMRnaSrHO4ta1tZkX9waiHep18xAIRq5dea52mEiztWqZoy-oiETfOfGWivXXiSQBlpUeGDxZXw3ZkH9j5F36D2U9lHAJbFv4AXJXovzrnUYpbSWkWWhOBeFP0ymmYG-kbUNc1CUe0visnvbUiGzKQSidwMyX/s916/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.47.08%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOl8srp5WTcGy3rggaKarFtZgh0RvzMRnaSrHO4ta1tZkX9waiHep18xAIRq5dea52mEiztWqZoy-oiETfOfGWivXXiSQBlpUeGDxZXw3ZkH9j5F36D2U9lHAJbFv4AXJXovzrnUYpbSWkWWhOBeFP0ymmYG-kbUNc1CUe0visnvbUiGzKQSidwMyX/w291-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%209.47.08%20AM.png" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finished - back view.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The finished embroidery was expertly mounted by textile conservators <a href="https://contextinc.net/">ConText Inc</a>. Before framing I will add an indelible label to the back of the mounting stating the designer's name. Credit where credit is due.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-88436389976123932942022-12-18T14:10:00.000-05:002022-12-18T14:10:27.513-05:00Jordan Nassar - Palestinian embroidery at the ICA Boston<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY3eIaypH_ePivZAtDJN6lDpIL_ciWziyVAMCCj2T2tBK1yH4DHanj2JLZ4rUdV7GEAXA4sFcwSamMy0dOFEuPXLcW2Wd0g1dDD20NqqXbTKd4N400txgLo1bnkPbTrqXt--xHH5SMnTxigTl5Y-Es2ceEAWJeZFd6tMLJJYoJVnEJP7SySjkwqxs/s672/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.51.33%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="672" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY3eIaypH_ePivZAtDJN6lDpIL_ciWziyVAMCCj2T2tBK1yH4DHanj2JLZ4rUdV7GEAXA4sFcwSamMy0dOFEuPXLcW2Wd0g1dDD20NqqXbTKd4N400txgLo1bnkPbTrqXt--xHH5SMnTxigTl5Y-Es2ceEAWJeZFd6tMLJJYoJVnEJP7SySjkwqxs/w400-h381/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.51.33%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lament of the Field</i>, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently, DH and I journeyed to the booming Seaport area of Boston to see <a href="https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/jordan-nassar-fantasy-and-truth">Jordan Nassar - Fantasy and Truth</a> at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston, on view through January 29, 2023. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The exhibit features embroidery made monumental. From the wall text:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>Jordan Nassar (b. 1985 in New York) is a multidisciplinary Palestinian-American artist who works in traditional Palestinian craft. His embroideries, many of which he creates in collaboration with craftswomen in Ramallah, Hebron, and Bethlehem, combine regional motifs with imagined landscapes. A self-taught artist, Nassar is know for his use of Palestinian tatreez (a form of cross-stitch embroidery), through which colors, patterns, and designs distinguish a wearer both by their origins and their social or familial status, and can signal different stages of life. A thousands-of-years-old tradition, tatreez has strong ties to Palestinian nostalgia, nationality, and heritage. </blockquote><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoyliKLQUlFoP_PXkaNoew3haCebT-sy53_JkMMmVe8WpxRT7qRt2UonCvr4J-anqVYq9DeDCwVjxzzga8IYB9Flu-4A_f2NiQZnMK6JvApqSZhutlR-RA_mPmVYe0xMjIOiZ3UvvkXbwfNupNsRg0yxJmKygBw5VZITHC6AX6pDb7FSbb1w-XWTX/s991/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.45.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="991" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoyliKLQUlFoP_PXkaNoew3haCebT-sy53_JkMMmVe8WpxRT7qRt2UonCvr4J-anqVYq9DeDCwVjxzzga8IYB9Flu-4A_f2NiQZnMK6JvApqSZhutlR-RA_mPmVYe0xMjIOiZ3UvvkXbwfNupNsRg0yxJmKygBw5VZITHC6AX6pDb7FSbb1w-XWTX/w400-h265/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.45.40%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gallery overview.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The exhibit occupies one gallery and also features Nassar's forays into wood marquetry and glass bead manipulation, but for me it's all about the stitching, which utilizes cotton embroidery floss on cotton cloth. The panels featuring traditional motifs are "interrupted" by stitched landscapes, through which Nassar succeeds in expanding this tradition into a modern cultural expression. The traditional panels and the landscapes play off each other as foils; each made livelier by the adjacency of the other. Each traditional panel features four analogous colors while the landscape panels introduce complementary hues and additional colors not seen elsewhere.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The titles of the two works are from a book of poetry, <i>A Tear and A Smile</i> by Lebanese-American author Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1Dab4OoHUGkXFhLyRQJ2y0Wbp0PMtpVm2TOMyyYOYwOAb_MRF3vOh7WqN7BEYCsNzlRp2Mgnmk0ixEu0arbcpSc0KqW1GmxMRN4U-eENBCKzHm9Y__tU6P76VXcmzBNJNHbNhVmtOC-U0R-NZWBb9uVuf-cFDDu-J7VWDxl1Vww7-PKDSP0KVR4_/s987/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.46.10%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="987" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1Dab4OoHUGkXFhLyRQJ2y0Wbp0PMtpVm2TOMyyYOYwOAb_MRF3vOh7WqN7BEYCsNzlRp2Mgnmk0ixEu0arbcpSc0KqW1GmxMRN4U-eENBCKzHm9Y__tU6P76VXcmzBNJNHbNhVmtOC-U0R-NZWBb9uVuf-cFDDu-J7VWDxl1Vww7-PKDSP0KVR4_/w400-h246/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.46.10%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Song of the Flowers</i>, 2022.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-aPARiC8R0V4yil40A3YauChQYlLJJDTT6vP5G6SIugEnLB9kwCrIvxouNjb-7dbS34Wwj0B94EQzUdQGjNdb-YLFRmls2RanqUlDJDGrTsGYM81x5r3lqU1ngwsrxrVEi8mVIet-8w7H10X1-i-vw77YDJRZKR0uoEMtrq8kCQdKPC4NcUl53FB/s979/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.46.29%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="979" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-aPARiC8R0V4yil40A3YauChQYlLJJDTT6vP5G6SIugEnLB9kwCrIvxouNjb-7dbS34Wwj0B94EQzUdQGjNdb-YLFRmls2RanqUlDJDGrTsGYM81x5r3lqU1ngwsrxrVEi8mVIet-8w7H10X1-i-vw77YDJRZKR0uoEMtrq8kCQdKPC4NcUl53FB/w400-h255/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.46.29%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lament of the Field</i>, 2022.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxM-CdfqYbrbaSIxirtZjeD56OxWNYSbH_ZwCG6MX0baA_HXFA6i_ftX-uQ3x5erSHlvB923DkCq0JU38XUHhQ2i63bwGi_6Pt1KOrNMO-DWSv3IUUB-SOx3--ScAq8v6_-cJpVU0DJFZ6qx40FU6ACO-l6hogFEXLW-GT6IwjPBWTP4l9C3-IxRw/s984/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.47.05%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="984" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxM-CdfqYbrbaSIxirtZjeD56OxWNYSbH_ZwCG6MX0baA_HXFA6i_ftX-uQ3x5erSHlvB923DkCq0JU38XUHhQ2i63bwGi_6Pt1KOrNMO-DWSv3IUUB-SOx3--ScAq8v6_-cJpVU0DJFZ6qx40FU6ACO-l6hogFEXLW-GT6IwjPBWTP4l9C3-IxRw/w400-h266/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.47.05%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Viewers give some idea of the scale of these panels.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW-FERNYcQSxw0Lg3C35WMf4A1T3ssqPFIr9C_u5muTP9MMnKeVUOKXLcz7EWz6NGwCMAb5pI_vV-d_3HJ8eQl0aOa8XEeVVX9xD9yhFORa3gL9x5k_gCpWlxWifsNN_gXuAvN4dDwVBvOF1OIyYPi7WroH5iuXc2Sqjv6WpCoEV4be4o_W0oo8kI/s731/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.49.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="731" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW-FERNYcQSxw0Lg3C35WMf4A1T3ssqPFIr9C_u5muTP9MMnKeVUOKXLcz7EWz6NGwCMAb5pI_vV-d_3HJ8eQl0aOa8XEeVVX9xD9yhFORa3gL9x5k_gCpWlxWifsNN_gXuAvN4dDwVBvOF1OIyYPi7WroH5iuXc2Sqjv6WpCoEV4be4o_W0oo8kI/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.49.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Detail, landscape panel, <i>Song of the Flowers</i>.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5FHZZ_29S22M3KQuivKKCFDWHRE5kBhwokkUaElfQkDXok_amdLBlMzJZM9cexPKS73oPbceiv6NfCHIHYuOPzwWzPcuXu6F7Z2IVRLSfYpAZEF-4RklEj0XRQ0krDhDM65XWv0xpacDrIh2KdpTFO57ANEzl_INHt9tEu_lyzCNey4cUP_UMVV-/s978/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.49.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="978" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5FHZZ_29S22M3KQuivKKCFDWHRE5kBhwokkUaElfQkDXok_amdLBlMzJZM9cexPKS73oPbceiv6NfCHIHYuOPzwWzPcuXu6F7Z2IVRLSfYpAZEF-4RklEj0XRQ0krDhDM65XWv0xpacDrIh2KdpTFO57ANEzl_INHt9tEu_lyzCNey4cUP_UMVV-/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.49.24%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close-up of cross-stitching, <i>Song of the Flowers</i>.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The motifs in the more traditional panels have specific meanings or references but these were not identified in the exhibit. At the end of this blog I've listed some books which give more information on tatreez, which the UN has designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin147xdHWC8rP7l6rmF9PkRkEWMm_dsdqF8WvuwBs0TD3asfQkauVJccAAjLouhUc_qZdrSoyezJH8SQWnXPTeMTtRxOMxXr2sBrFC37EGbuM_rMfzX4n2kyfgk-FTG6aUM1ApGAMc89bes_3yEL2_PWu-gFxVvf0Lb9eJwVqNIOPSKvCW-kM_RsQS/s1013/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.50.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin147xdHWC8rP7l6rmF9PkRkEWMm_dsdqF8WvuwBs0TD3asfQkauVJccAAjLouhUc_qZdrSoyezJH8SQWnXPTeMTtRxOMxXr2sBrFC37EGbuM_rMfzX4n2kyfgk-FTG6aUM1ApGAMc89bes_3yEL2_PWu-gFxVvf0Lb9eJwVqNIOPSKvCW-kM_RsQS/w266-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.50.04%20AM.png" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detail, Song of the Flowers.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsn0W5RAmCYZO-TtLL7tpUvgrf6fkamtWRjAgU0B-AT-gVFe4xgySM_voUkcNgMNjjXw4VvvZyomjNVst3Jz-TkDa0tTcQpAgxdX6HfiVB6pW3spDHqYCpjIyV-J-tgG6xu5b6ezYiqj6GHoOY8LHlc-90lQ97elRGoTmSVDKlbai2BIyK5T1IVXK/s1018/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.51.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="670" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsn0W5RAmCYZO-TtLL7tpUvgrf6fkamtWRjAgU0B-AT-gVFe4xgySM_voUkcNgMNjjXw4VvvZyomjNVst3Jz-TkDa0tTcQpAgxdX6HfiVB6pW3spDHqYCpjIyV-J-tgG6xu5b6ezYiqj6GHoOY8LHlc-90lQ97elRGoTmSVDKlbai2BIyK5T1IVXK/w264-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.51.20%20AM.png" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Detail, <i>Lament of the Field</i>.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1pM5DlsIEguCZEFgI76HfhR-ejufowlyzU7dL0EdJV9cUNLA_h9qqsRue0QmFKPYWL8-BVU0K7_etGBpF56NFZUJkefgnKa8JWCIakzvLe2dqsfamN5_CZoMkxfgeTlHQk_JvS4RnOdW_XcqSU_12bzpxYI1bLYaWLc7LlLuYrprwJ_VZwPwXSJw/s919/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.52.45%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="689" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1pM5DlsIEguCZEFgI76HfhR-ejufowlyzU7dL0EdJV9cUNLA_h9qqsRue0QmFKPYWL8-BVU0K7_etGBpF56NFZUJkefgnKa8JWCIakzvLe2dqsfamN5_CZoMkxfgeTlHQk_JvS4RnOdW_XcqSU_12bzpxYI1bLYaWLc7LlLuYrprwJ_VZwPwXSJw/w300-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.52.45%20AM.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detail, <i>Lament of the Field.<br /></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_eI85xJD5G0Zo5NK3ontx-RnRyyncPza7VPZXp1Qye4BgA9b3mTnqFjwAUSvjTYvqOUrR9HDIvMYR2Sa1ccuXKdn3fVJp8VBNWO9BFsD3Q0WM4c66xJ4oI2V-X65NDitvhMJsjeTYN0K6oslUI93h1k5NhXeWv8sBpTukGi-q13TBT3WCY4MR4bU/s739/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.53.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="739" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_eI85xJD5G0Zo5NK3ontx-RnRyyncPza7VPZXp1Qye4BgA9b3mTnqFjwAUSvjTYvqOUrR9HDIvMYR2Sa1ccuXKdn3fVJp8VBNWO9BFsD3Q0WM4c66xJ4oI2V-X65NDitvhMJsjeTYN0K6oslUI93h1k5NhXeWv8sBpTukGi-q13TBT3WCY4MR4bU/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.53.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detail, <i>Lament of the Field.<br /></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By varying the color within motifs - Nassar's signature style - curvilinear patterns can be created, as in the moon above, and its counterpart, the sun, below. <br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe95O6HfFFpKBCKWgsW_OczQPIuOtg47Y_BaMFocrnh4r_EXO8KXt64SbA6ebUwN7jt6Xp48Rx79Bjh3RmpmCM0ucQZZJlFLt76uLIzSXyh6nMjx_uxnF9oxNxb--Ub4E18ZidLhnTNLRYm4AwcBONsrgj8ctli8R2_YU3cflmgNTkuwoNPJUGHy7Z/s631/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.53.54%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="631" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe95O6HfFFpKBCKWgsW_OczQPIuOtg47Y_BaMFocrnh4r_EXO8KXt64SbA6ebUwN7jt6Xp48Rx79Bjh3RmpmCM0ucQZZJlFLt76uLIzSXyh6nMjx_uxnF9oxNxb--Ub4E18ZidLhnTNLRYm4AwcBONsrgj8ctli8R2_YU3cflmgNTkuwoNPJUGHy7Z/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%209.53.54%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detail, <i>Song of the Flowers. </i></span></span><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To learn more about Palestinian embroidery:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Note - some of the books are out of print and/or hard to source.) <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ghnaim, Wafa. <i>Tea and Tatreez. </i><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kamel, Widad. <i>Threads of Identity.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Skinner, Margarita. <i>Palestinian Embroidery Motifs: A Treasury of Stitches.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weir, Shelagh. <i>Palestinian Embroidery. <br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-63205318452609324672022-11-29T15:57:00.002-05:002022-11-30T08:52:24.957-05:00Kate Sessions, San Diego's landscape gardener<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvXRh5v6j1Qb2dacM_1cquj-GMyivwzeAlxxsXQgwrG4VC2LDuc983Vdz4EjqAx4r29HxW8MQWvBZLtuW4ZSGWctRRKjtW7VLUdjlRTpfLWXaUqmGTSNk3Ha8bJLO5khp0tYk75783OZU_VVGjx0PQbBy4aaXWFw5107YyjKCoEJN6rRU9qRt_ox8/s1028/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%202.10.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvXRh5v6j1Qb2dacM_1cquj-GMyivwzeAlxxsXQgwrG4VC2LDuc983Vdz4EjqAx4r29HxW8MQWvBZLtuW4ZSGWctRRKjtW7VLUdjlRTpfLWXaUqmGTSNk3Ha8bJLO5khp0tYk75783OZU_VVGjx0PQbBy4aaXWFw5107YyjKCoEJN6rRU9qRt_ox8/w429-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%202.10.14%20PM.png" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Kate Sessions statue, by sculpor Ruth Hayward.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As the weather turns chilly here in New England, I think back fondly to a late summer vacation in San Diego. While there we toured Balboa Park, a huge park and cultural center in the city. I learned about Kate Sessions (1857-1940), an important woman with whom I was unfamiliar.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The land which became Balboa Park was deliberately protected from development to create an amenity for the city, partly to increase the attractiveness of San Diego real estate but also because some forward-thinking city elders realized the value of open space to the quality of life in a city.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/sessions/">Kate Sessions</a>, a native of California, managed a plant nursery in San Diego and needed more space for her growing business. The City of San Diego leased land in the park to her, and in exchange she consulted on the design of the park and donated plants and labor.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is important to know that, by the time Ms. Sessions began her work, much native vegetation of the area had already been heavily over-grazed by cattle introduced by ranchers from Mexico, who colonized this area of California before any European settlers. While Ms. Sessions introduced non-native species, such as eucalyptus, to the nursery trade she also popularized native plants, particularly succulents, and introduced them to a broader horticultural audience.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I apologize for my less-than-great photograph of the statue; I hadn't planned to blog about this. However, I love this statue of a woman in the midst of her work - sturdy boots on feet, trowel in hand, a tray full of offshoots to be planted or potted up.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a children's book about her: <i>The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever</i>. Below, in the Cactus Garden in Balboa Park.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEOip6QUe1BBug8p_Z61Dmp_kOpVvyQ9_5R3H82DrXllqk8uwLlEqJS1ixPjhC8NGlVdAd1Zv1kVlH6VHoaxtcJ3K4SbV3ofcxW_Dh7wu753WeeqXvHiKIXMzpUnkudHnTK2-xu8kiZH-wY5q3eO-Kbf981hMWZYqjyAMr_Js8dhQtOgv8i1c-8s_/s890/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.54.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="678" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEOip6QUe1BBug8p_Z61Dmp_kOpVvyQ9_5R3H82DrXllqk8uwLlEqJS1ixPjhC8NGlVdAd1Zv1kVlH6VHoaxtcJ3K4SbV3ofcxW_Dh7wu753WeeqXvHiKIXMzpUnkudHnTK2-xu8kiZH-wY5q3eO-Kbf981hMWZYqjyAMr_Js8dhQtOgv8i1c-8s_/w305-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.54.39%20PM.png" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></i><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-92047557821979616522022-11-17T17:09:00.002-05:002022-11-17T17:24:22.908-05:00John C. Weber kimono collection at The Met, part 2 - Meisen<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5uJ696SktFa0Z9s_7sPFGEvyg0qD1twiCvbcyJ4ChuRTXCNGqrsbLfSR38gpksyUNIJ6tP_42WMwZrRYBgSroSLPOT-SMKS3TWAlp3vjbJhwM3xRW3UVR0E3jyXxy5zgIB-VLH7-pmWqZ_LWXegjSiTjUv0qHGtiwlmmR0kdvOqDU1qvTvpzDhvN/s930/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.50.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="614" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5uJ696SktFa0Z9s_7sPFGEvyg0qD1twiCvbcyJ4ChuRTXCNGqrsbLfSR38gpksyUNIJ6tP_42WMwZrRYBgSroSLPOT-SMKS3TWAlp3vjbJhwM3xRW3UVR0E3jyXxy5zgIB-VLH7-pmWqZ_LWXegjSiTjUv0qHGtiwlmmR0kdvOqDU1qvTvpzDhvN/w264-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.50.47%20PM.png" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Yoshu Chikanobu, <i>A Contest of Elegant Ladies among the Cherry Blossoms</i>, detail, 1887.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After Japan opened up to trade with the West, western-style clothing became fashionable, especially among the upper classes. However, kimono were style worn by many, especially in the home, but also by young women who newly entered the work force after 1920 or so. As Western styles infiltrated the wardrobe so did the concept of "ready-to-wear" garments. While the kimono in my <a href="http://fileunderfiber.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-john-c-weber-kimono-collection-at.html">previous post</a> were made of hand-reeled silk from top-quality cocoons, machinery imported from Europe could spin the filaments of lesser-quality, previously discarded cocoons into thread. This thread was then woven into silk fabric which was much more affordable than yardage for custom-made garments. In addition, new synthetic dyes added deep and novel hues to the traditional color palette. Designs were also influenced by Western art movements, such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHddJchwZ4Of0ea4uHGdfQzROutWmg4rzajPxOFdKpa9I7fabd5cQsWbrX8ZfsiTwP39frSI1wcuyIjXWty74RqwPxSeFNEl_VFZ7vvjWhBN-lwZXoyf2cwUSEO4SeYr38M2WinVwc1mbYhCt7WmewkwoQO0BGmZB738hMe4zb8laItC5M48y2UNOA/s767/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="767" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHddJchwZ4Of0ea4uHGdfQzROutWmg4rzajPxOFdKpa9I7fabd5cQsWbrX8ZfsiTwP39frSI1wcuyIjXWty74RqwPxSeFNEl_VFZ7vvjWhBN-lwZXoyf2cwUSEO4SeYr38M2WinVwc1mbYhCt7WmewkwoQO0BGmZB738hMe4zb8laItC5M48y2UNOA/w400-h381/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.37%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Meisen</i> kimono, ca. 1930's. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decoration of these ready-to-wear kimono was simplified too - no more gold embroidery, hand-painting or other time-consuming techniques. Instead the fabrics were patterned by resist- or stencil-dyeing designs onto the stretched warp, before the actual weaving. This process is call<i> kasuri</i> (from the Japanese word for "blurring") and is similar to ikat. You can get a feel for this surface design process in this youtube video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaziD8vT6f8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaziD8vT6f8</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">although the process for producing <i>meisen</i> textiles was more mechanized. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some traditional patterns and motifs continue to appear, but updated, such as the rabbit kimono below, which may have been made during the Year of the Rabbit, in 1939.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpIQEh8iukh_ZrH9Wcs3rJ6Uk6bb-e110KvCZ4VxsIH9Slbt3_N0_uh0Gra2dy_yLfBh5oTcJGrC3-lvOD8dwXTTR8tpgYQgXQU6JJCPJ22URRyT3wwQboiFmBFLvk3MOUihnK6vZprayQ4rGUb6QG6H5nbrNYhGbOchtIJDOnnISRvvZKGlbzR6G/s1024/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.49.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="717" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpIQEh8iukh_ZrH9Wcs3rJ6Uk6bb-e110KvCZ4VxsIH9Slbt3_N0_uh0Gra2dy_yLfBh5oTcJGrC3-lvOD8dwXTTR8tpgYQgXQU6JJCPJ22URRyT3wwQboiFmBFLvk3MOUihnK6vZprayQ4rGUb6QG6H5nbrNYhGbOchtIJDOnnISRvvZKGlbzR6G/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.49.23%20PM.png" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Meisen summer kimono, ca. 1930's.</span> <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Japan is an island nation and the sea has always figured prominently is its decorative imagery. The wave design below recalls <i>The Great Wave</i>, a woodblock print by Hokusai (1760-1849).<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmr-z6FMG7voJyehoujwI6p_3FjRPbd4-leFVjN8yB3AM61X92Zrbb4dpTtqSkvDA35I6CKntVwXy55vGPHrZ-Kcs91KQNWP-s_SFC6zatbyf58QQOt8fCRFRfAeq35vX96yPYzEi200nj2Frdo_vYnk-bHgotcFuNvfQVowyNYdQUbmJJ9qRUL6mE/s1019/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.46.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="765" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmr-z6FMG7voJyehoujwI6p_3FjRPbd4-leFVjN8yB3AM61X92Zrbb4dpTtqSkvDA35I6CKntVwXy55vGPHrZ-Kcs91KQNWP-s_SFC6zatbyf58QQOt8fCRFRfAeq35vX96yPYzEi200nj2Frdo_vYnk-bHgotcFuNvfQVowyNYdQUbmJJ9qRUL6mE/w300-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.46.25%20PM.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Summer kimono, 1920's - 1930's.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTd_JDjICvNCaHjrL7t0yogbhppdj8z5c0KT5sdoRJloM49EIyqS6q99V-CTENrJW4Dyv81TPJMX8X3qTgbpohjAZFGLXnLn5O1MHn9-bF_fODPPP9X4PQvRo18Avexhjny7cBKRygmTwQy0BxU6diG7grFd30t0ADJGDgoomgAuYuXdlMMGW7NQh/s1019/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.46.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="763" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTd_JDjICvNCaHjrL7t0yogbhppdj8z5c0KT5sdoRJloM49EIyqS6q99V-CTENrJW4Dyv81TPJMX8X3qTgbpohjAZFGLXnLn5O1MHn9-bF_fODPPP9X4PQvRo18Avexhjny7cBKRygmTwQy0BxU6diG7grFd30t0ADJGDgoomgAuYuXdlMMGW7NQh/w300-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.46.35%20PM.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kimono, detail.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Meisen</i> kimono were not as well known or as widely collected as the
earlier kimono, but John Weber made them a focus of his collection. I
love their bold designs and graphic impact. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of the most intricate designs are made with a double
ikat technique (<i>heiyo-gasuri</i>) in which both the warp and weft are
patterned prior to weaving. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjtQaJszbB8Derf-cXMI9SQNxOQSsG56wsXMNv4xeOgi4veJZH2evR22eqXXUnGLbAwSw8zQm03PNn5LKqSaJz8fN2zmmSMIz-C4_3acaUlLJDAyUxnIfFhkid-HBKc1bBqk3R7yuSlYwK4Y3MTD2ntbaF2B3VpaVTq9wfS9UE6YCaKfCgTfjkmLe/s1000/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="767" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjtQaJszbB8Derf-cXMI9SQNxOQSsG56wsXMNv4xeOgi4veJZH2evR22eqXXUnGLbAwSw8zQm03PNn5LKqSaJz8fN2zmmSMIz-C4_3acaUlLJDAyUxnIfFhkid-HBKc1bBqk3R7yuSlYwK4Y3MTD2ntbaF2B3VpaVTq9wfS9UE6YCaKfCgTfjkmLe/w306-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.51%20PM.png" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Meisen</i> kimono with thunderbolts, ca. 1950-55.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNPEuQGSqnxgHlKZFru7ULuK3nr2yRtzGJJ0bCwEFSfweeLRltl-TFb2LlNGXIl2L31ruYalfHBbLOimP_LJndKPPFValZv22c6XLeumJCqZyi5CI7xAFH9-0K0-OODflPtsgFZvl9Mni1e9WTYPgMOZOg1UElW8G1CJWIgAUA8YrB7WGttYopQfU/s869/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="759" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNPEuQGSqnxgHlKZFru7ULuK3nr2yRtzGJJ0bCwEFSfweeLRltl-TFb2LlNGXIl2L31ruYalfHBbLOimP_LJndKPPFValZv22c6XLeumJCqZyi5CI7xAFH9-0K0-OODflPtsgFZvl9Mni1e9WTYPgMOZOg1UElW8G1CJWIgAUA8YrB7WGttYopQfU/w349-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.59%20PM.png" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Meisen</i> kimono with water droplets pattern, ca. 1930-40.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigopTGkX-np6Ka0RlxSLwPWWgmZxm5FqoJQiZQR7STA36JHXYHxBOKP5phpN5ELHl5ftUZ4n3ERflvfbLER0Mwzm1FScMhOjaDQixeojqsQAmslL36DWy85R6aYTNCYQsWNZrUlnzzvZl2CJEMV-J3JaSlhSpcnrRCwFI4Y3q-Y2QtaKmxbk9vgzsz/s1019/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.15%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigopTGkX-np6Ka0RlxSLwPWWgmZxm5FqoJQiZQR7STA36JHXYHxBOKP5phpN5ELHl5ftUZ4n3ERflvfbLER0Mwzm1FScMhOjaDQixeojqsQAmslL36DWy85R6aYTNCYQsWNZrUlnzzvZl2CJEMV-J3JaSlhSpcnrRCwFI4Y3q-Y2QtaKmxbk9vgzsz/w301-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.48.15%20PM.png" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Meisen</i> kimono with diamond patterns, ca. 1950-55.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As much as I enjoyed this ground-breaking exhibit, I would have appreciated it if the curators had featured more about the process and perhaps included some videos of textile surface design and construction. There is a helpful illustrated glossary at the end of the catalog, called "Textiles and Techniques," which features close-up photographs of weaves and decoration techniques. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also, why did even modern-era Japanese fabrics still heavily rely on dyeing, either by stencil or immersion, for color deposition whereas in the West patterns on silk and other fibers are so often placed by printing? However, there's no doubt these garments are amazingly beautiful.</span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwhtZGtIPX0x7ljU-_N-R27863livr0e8AjeZX-BFOASVoDmaDydfyvUA3UTAdJl0Qlp37FmEO-gxgnXoAGzTIVWICklVcFh8jmHSEKvXykEjLNp3PzoWdQV0EJEmD5vkZr8qQ4u2ZMWjdAK-r1qVpZQE43M-7jIKTcnC9Nnpvm8ETgbIBPKehE_Q/s894/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="894" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwhtZGtIPX0x7ljU-_N-R27863livr0e8AjeZX-BFOASVoDmaDydfyvUA3UTAdJl0Qlp37FmEO-gxgnXoAGzTIVWICklVcFh8jmHSEKvXykEjLNp3PzoWdQV0EJEmD5vkZr8qQ4u2ZMWjdAK-r1qVpZQE43M-7jIKTcnC9Nnpvm8ETgbIBPKehE_Q/w400-h325/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.08%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Meisen jacket with looped lines, ca. 1950-55. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnwuZcKLy8BP66M-N0nyjYKWIM2-ngH0p7UbfMMA74ljtXSrAJkWflNjD-6mwA14s9GYjbwz1oSjBddl-5DVALulLVNT_KldvD226poLTCVLZvvWtu5FSpukCxnbNgIYH1ZtwuqQrcweQYSDgmhAQPnMc45jWqNqM3YlKKdrhGTsQhbdkq9C9VZ2m/s990/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="990" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnwuZcKLy8BP66M-N0nyjYKWIM2-ngH0p7UbfMMA74ljtXSrAJkWflNjD-6mwA14s9GYjbwz1oSjBddl-5DVALulLVNT_KldvD226poLTCVLZvvWtu5FSpukCxnbNgIYH1ZtwuqQrcweQYSDgmhAQPnMc45jWqNqM3YlKKdrhGTsQhbdkq9C9VZ2m/w400-h299/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%201.47.27%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Jacket, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-14280652826105393852022-11-13T12:04:00.001-05:002022-11-14T10:28:38.591-05:00The John C. Weber kimono collection at The Met, part 1<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qoay3q_XWjznrMpCDONI7QT2r2AGmPzypdTh0GbXjRO4Eo5SlsRSNE2EJgR6ajO8ByFANsGiCbm-wEQrMPCgdxUAv7SPNBbeac03lIL6-UesSHLnkfvMGrwYVd_1N17IJP5iKBYs6nWPNGQRAofKO2YYSbrZpLhLFlesz0QAaLFVvYRfsQVmaB4q/s1024/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.27.37%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="763" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qoay3q_XWjznrMpCDONI7QT2r2AGmPzypdTh0GbXjRO4Eo5SlsRSNE2EJgR6ajO8ByFANsGiCbm-wEQrMPCgdxUAv7SPNBbeac03lIL6-UesSHLnkfvMGrwYVd_1N17IJP5iKBYs6nWPNGQRAofKO2YYSbrZpLhLFlesz0QAaLFVvYRfsQVmaB4q/w298-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.27.37%20AM.png" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridal kimono, 19th c., detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In October we went to New York City to visit family and see this amazing<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/kimono-style"> exhibit</a> of historic Japanese garments. Below are some images, more or less in chronological order, of items which appealed to me. The exhibit was big, so I'll do more than one post about it. This post focuses primarily on garments from the Edo period (1615-1868). Most of the images reference <i>uchikake</i>, which is actually a heavily embellished over robe which would have been the top layer of an ensemble, but I will just use the term kimono for simplicity.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My husband's newer iPhone did a very good job of capturing the images in the low light of the galleries, but for better images and more information the catalog accompanying the exhibit, <i>Kimono Style: Edo Traditions to Modern Design</i>, is excellent. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIVFHFrY6JwKR5Zc-STJS1tMEkCcDpVuhlG4yucE6GuC57cmPnG5qe0tX9rZCyYjN_7YVkiFmEXm7KmGsw9Ks8YoD32di-ZxWdItHLz7y_EHsKuQ-x2oJxREetfs_B8f8pr4AS1aHmXzfiUfLLgfeuWo_oqGx7v7ZBjtK4BKrSBuCGoob2BAsRyxH/s988/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.08.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="988" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIVFHFrY6JwKR5Zc-STJS1tMEkCcDpVuhlG4yucE6GuC57cmPnG5qe0tX9rZCyYjN_7YVkiFmEXm7KmGsw9Ks8YoD32di-ZxWdItHLz7y_EHsKuQ-x2oJxREetfs_B8f8pr4AS1aHmXzfiUfLLgfeuWo_oqGx7v7ZBjtK4BKrSBuCGoob2BAsRyxH/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.08.48%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kyogen suit, detail, mid-19th c.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The kimono and related garments in the exhibit were worn by a variety of folks: actors, brides, wealthy women, fisherman and firefighters. The jacket above was part of a comic theater (<a href="https://www.nohgaku.or.jp/en/guide/kyogen">Kyogen</a>) costume and is made of hemp, as is the jacket below. The rabbit motif references a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_of_Inaba">Shinto tale</a> of a clever rabbit who outwits some crocodiles to get across the sea. Many kimono reference literature. </span><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvelq07v0l79Ho1TThVn0r9d-waQbylBM83Lcov1N6t8qYoH665nTSOHslLV5k6O3DJBY8CxRFQl2-ZEV2033wp4BDpdzMtEqhj0rG3kWr5Ev9eUwdyPeeQmMLIV6G9AuyFLbaeVIB0Eq0OQ70sBEA3yHPtxjweV0Q2qhwZtPmGfBadDW3kV79JwNb/s964/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.11.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="964" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvelq07v0l79Ho1TThVn0r9d-waQbylBM83Lcov1N6t8qYoH665nTSOHslLV5k6O3DJBY8CxRFQl2-ZEV2033wp4BDpdzMtEqhj0rG3kWr5Ev9eUwdyPeeQmMLIV6G9AuyFLbaeVIB0Eq0OQ70sBEA3yHPtxjweV0Q2qhwZtPmGfBadDW3kV79JwNb/w400-h299/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.11.50%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kyogen jacket, early 19th c.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course, many are familiar with Noh costumes, elaborately decorated silk kimono worn by performers in these highly stylized plays. Many of these costumes featured gold embroidery, eye-catching and glittering on stage.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6gMYPBv3IHGSB4QisQwTCujbjhszLdebYxM_fLPR1Ifx21mM-3NotWGqXz5KrIHEkpHTOHmnUDlhllws2JPjFTVPgGyfnYGH_1PjrcKnhw-b0wRgOHQMwrpQIpfoEUWkbBkuoE-snQGyuhAzLodxdDeKxIPg3KBKggaq8Kq_eqRF6r-bAmXkk7ww/s989/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.46.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="761" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6gMYPBv3IHGSB4QisQwTCujbjhszLdebYxM_fLPR1Ifx21mM-3NotWGqXz5KrIHEkpHTOHmnUDlhllws2JPjFTVPgGyfnYGH_1PjrcKnhw-b0wRgOHQMwrpQIpfoEUWkbBkuoE-snQGyuhAzLodxdDeKxIPg3KBKggaq8Kq_eqRF6r-bAmXkk7ww/w308-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.46.17%20AM.png" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Noh costume, 19th c.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PQTmJJEch5W_m7Gd3oktkYP9VfJiUisvIsrixAl99JXC50-jR3C2Pfam0flnUmA98MK7Rfpn6nnteDFrObbf_cpPGP_cMEgCR1PWX_5LZ3XGiuFmlib0cWvlgcdM7SseGoC6uOz3i3H9EG9S8v_d3c74uf4EWeuUGyYtk9248U-MawGcQraSdHov/s1017/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.46.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PQTmJJEch5W_m7Gd3oktkYP9VfJiUisvIsrixAl99JXC50-jR3C2Pfam0flnUmA98MK7Rfpn6nnteDFrObbf_cpPGP_cMEgCR1PWX_5LZ3XGiuFmlib0cWvlgcdM7SseGoC6uOz3i3H9EG9S8v_d3c74uf4EWeuUGyYtk9248U-MawGcQraSdHov/w300-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.46.46%20AM.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Noh costume, detail with<i> shippo</i> motif.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kimono often feature traditional motifs commonly understood by the audience, such as the interlaced circles <i>shippo</i> pattern, symbolizing harmony and prosperity.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Designs for kimono were published in woodblock-printed pattern books, from which women, or their representatives such as a family steward, could select suitable decoration. Use of materials and decoration was closely circumscribed by sumptuary laws during the Edo period, as the military dictatorship of the shogunate kept control over society. Politics and social status were intertwined with clothing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gfFP_E51UFZObPRdTiw2z6BKnDqIWQwY2JeIi7Rap4QDlQkzDyC1fUMkubJqT33s9qrPPljgXCK32R4PmwnEPzoN1XfkymtChpaJgCxhFFQSJZrbBDBpcFNmIJWkup2-6vkTZFNnGvp5_zVkIp1JeWWwvXASfQoqF_JWVz5YRuWJ16Oi4CV22Vnw/s944/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.59.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="944" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gfFP_E51UFZObPRdTiw2z6BKnDqIWQwY2JeIi7Rap4QDlQkzDyC1fUMkubJqT33s9qrPPljgXCK32R4PmwnEPzoN1XfkymtChpaJgCxhFFQSJZrbBDBpcFNmIJWkup2-6vkTZFNnGvp5_zVkIp1JeWWwvXASfQoqF_JWVz5YRuWJ16Oi4CV22Vnw/w400-h301/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.59.50%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hishikawa Moronabu, book of designs, 1677.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The kimono shape we know today evolved from an earlier type of garment called a<i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosode">kosode</a></i>; the salient differences being the sleeve proportions and the sash - thinner than kimono obi and worn lower on the body, as seen in the figurine below, made for export to the West.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhP9fVBeeme3-mwO1SzTTNCRv_kWV3VRyRWT57RIVEiQ_c2TEAhQcrMrml4i-_t8kjLlDmc4-Yid4k8-bJkjxcMaHt0XNJUTx5RWzi0HBMYyOHMOTr8LjzMU8V2NeRUK2Vy8J_fFtQp8zDRmBrk8NF325a10rX-9fZPPq1ZKmUd0_TxTIq-n6xDpl/s1012/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.53.11%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="691" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhP9fVBeeme3-mwO1SzTTNCRv_kWV3VRyRWT57RIVEiQ_c2TEAhQcrMrml4i-_t8kjLlDmc4-Yid4k8-bJkjxcMaHt0XNJUTx5RWzi0HBMYyOHMOTr8LjzMU8V2NeRUK2Vy8J_fFtQp8zDRmBrk8NF325a10rX-9fZPPq1ZKmUd0_TxTIq-n6xDpl/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%209.53.11%20AM.png" width="218" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Porcelain figurine, c. 1670-90.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The kimono shape became codified by the end of the Edo period but colors, patterns and forms of decoration changed with the times and woe betide to the high-status lady who wore an out-of-date kimono. Old, no-longer-chic kimono were not discarded, however, but often donated to Buddhist temples to be recycled as garments or liturgical textiles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdacId0Q8A5_CFS4EOW5BjtIWmOjwGf8WqZ49KI4EU36mxsYzRI9sbIweM2FcqV6pzB6vNSv-N8UHwucjhnuaGPV_-co9zdLf0toZ3NSGu3Pjw5dG-7Jbh0VIc6xto_P4lMyEi7lqRdYyi8O4C3OUM1ZX5N4mbsIfnRqbdwJjQlFb3d35krEjkU7wE/s963/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.05.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="963" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdacId0Q8A5_CFS4EOW5BjtIWmOjwGf8WqZ49KI4EU36mxsYzRI9sbIweM2FcqV6pzB6vNSv-N8UHwucjhnuaGPV_-co9zdLf0toZ3NSGu3Pjw5dG-7Jbh0VIc6xto_P4lMyEi7lqRdYyi8O4C3OUM1ZX5N4mbsIfnRqbdwJjQlFb3d35krEjkU7wE/w400-h297/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.05.22%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Buddhist monk's vestment, detail, 18th c.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wealthy brides wore astonishingly decorated kimono, featuring all the skills of Japan's textile artisans, including: brocade weaving, embroidery, dyeing, and painting. Symbolic motifs demonstrated that the wearer aspired to the attributes of the images.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For example, the kimono below features bamboo stalks, symbols of resilience and vitality. The folded paper decorations, in the shape of butterflies, symbolize a long marriage. Other motifs in the kimono, including pine trees, turtles, plum blossoms and cranes, reference longevity (see first image of this post.)<br /><br /> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZsut9wEbHH7uCddQ2esWivTUX6hoEadUjEzC_IYF_oN-4mucHE6smQnCufLzuqxPKA_Dfg32HcxAVrdJnP7VGOmvlI5JvttP5rRodCz3oDkD5EBBot3TobvzSaHQUjp70njyCXaeNlexpXYB2msyr-8X08Cq3fABc-MsqsvCeNYKq1TuhFa1QimP/s982/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.18.10%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="759" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZsut9wEbHH7uCddQ2esWivTUX6hoEadUjEzC_IYF_oN-4mucHE6smQnCufLzuqxPKA_Dfg32HcxAVrdJnP7VGOmvlI5JvttP5rRodCz3oDkD5EBBot3TobvzSaHQUjp70njyCXaeNlexpXYB2msyr-8X08Cq3fABc-MsqsvCeNYKq1TuhFa1QimP/w309-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.18.10%20AM.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridal kimono, 19th c.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoH09mXSkTJneeSmZYPiZ0HvnKHI60VrEzn4x70Rpmv7GmwEp86HMvaxoKSq9Lj3bZGI55UTprEItIvCu3-HjqI-zZrR3RLyA8pj-jufLkNjBjhtua0DQIMuiUUeb_VBnHxggUb7czaSocSLTFgChT-XhtN8HUSI7j7fofAEi4Xlgnf7Ri5htmXu8/s1027/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.02.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoH09mXSkTJneeSmZYPiZ0HvnKHI60VrEzn4x70Rpmv7GmwEp86HMvaxoKSq9Lj3bZGI55UTprEItIvCu3-HjqI-zZrR3RLyA8pj-jufLkNjBjhtua0DQIMuiUUeb_VBnHxggUb7czaSocSLTFgChT-XhtN8HUSI7j7fofAEi4Xlgnf7Ri5htmXu8/w296-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.02.50%20AM.png" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bridal kimono, detail. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9c3qSROxPI7nXvAors7QdkPAyz47XUKeJ7Kjd2BnSFxM50J3v_jw-TKYcK8fge_DlQ0Hb_LeEGmWJAnWLIZ8Sk7tb1ANM28GYvevdpkcWGQQdfXY6ea6mcEuVDDG5ADGM4R0gXa4ImAhJBIHUYRcwtkg5oPyAsVoIQiLKnxxZYX8CCS6l170hT0b/s839/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.24.34%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="709" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9c3qSROxPI7nXvAors7QdkPAyz47XUKeJ7Kjd2BnSFxM50J3v_jw-TKYcK8fge_DlQ0Hb_LeEGmWJAnWLIZ8Sk7tb1ANM28GYvevdpkcWGQQdfXY6ea6mcEuVDDG5ADGM4R0gXa4ImAhJBIHUYRcwtkg5oPyAsVoIQiLKnxxZYX8CCS6l170hT0b/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.24.34%20AM.png" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bridal kimono, mid-19th c.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The reddish-orange kimono above was worn by a samurai bride. She would have worn all white for the ceremony, then changed into a colorful robe for the banquet. Auspicious images cover this kimono, including Mount Horai, near the hem, a mythical mountain associated with eternal life. We see cranes again, in the embroidery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2fo0Qj5kTwEeWtgFlB9mqFucT6vCzQSrc7CUnJRx08-ywh0Ig1W8lEvtSmoaKyRE2ugbz_kVzOCL7ha9C3B7GSSHpTQXpgRD9s_hfulslS4BqK_iw5ZKu35VWSrMtgtqHAigLDBz7wEN0xrrzsmXu50e6-sRc_hYJmedXpwBqzW6o_RcRAE9OrGU/s974/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.25.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="974" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2fo0Qj5kTwEeWtgFlB9mqFucT6vCzQSrc7CUnJRx08-ywh0Ig1W8lEvtSmoaKyRE2ugbz_kVzOCL7ha9C3B7GSSHpTQXpgRD9s_hfulslS4BqK_iw5ZKu35VWSrMtgtqHAigLDBz7wEN0xrrzsmXu50e6-sRc_hYJmedXpwBqzW6o_RcRAE9OrGU/w400-h299/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.25.17%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridal kimono, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The turtle depicted has a "skirt" of threads attached to its rear end. These lines symbolize the seaweed that attaches to a sea turtle during its long life. The longer the trailing seaweed, the longer the life.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErhGLyG-ZTtl6nQ-Q7WoVsRJFHsTo9p3x7Cb-wKAOX3kKkGbbnVs4wgim42egRtGiKLa5Sf45FbycmPdFKTPkNwNBd7i4KBbPOx8_29EmICJJ2vMKHmLmchK0LgwMAtlKWBC5OKhe8BzXaHaoL4fZJac6ZcD4TpYeTy3vZmsMmJn1Z-xkxZd6tKtn/s965/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.25.02%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="965" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErhGLyG-ZTtl6nQ-Q7WoVsRJFHsTo9p3x7Cb-wKAOX3kKkGbbnVs4wgim42egRtGiKLa5Sf45FbycmPdFKTPkNwNBd7i4KBbPOx8_29EmICJJ2vMKHmLmchK0LgwMAtlKWBC5OKhe8BzXaHaoL4fZJac6ZcD4TpYeTy3vZmsMmJn1Z-xkxZd6tKtn/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.25.02%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detail of turtle, with seaweed trailing behind.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, one more exquisitely embroidered kimono from this era. This would have been worn by a high-status lady at court. There are embroidered Chinese characters (Japanese borrows Chinese characters for part of the writing system) at the top of the body and on the sleeves which originally referenced a poem by courtier Miyako no Yoshika:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The weather clears, breezes comb the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">hair of the young willows;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The ice is melting, wavelets wash the whiskers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of the old bog moss. <br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSX_sFoppDM0In592nE1Q56oyYOsuyReVTq8fvNKcwB1mMxdVz0mMyaCiiQnBx3JYb-kIRy8vYRXqx8z-iK52J4z3qwgKlBII31ee259p-hioUYxaKBCv_nNVGDx9CKPsrg3MZfpUDIFQfMVO0hl-tY89kdrXmoFCKU9YC3Kqq_a4Khfbp39clZfqJ/s1012/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.05.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="766" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSX_sFoppDM0In592nE1Q56oyYOsuyReVTq8fvNKcwB1mMxdVz0mMyaCiiQnBx3JYb-kIRy8vYRXqx8z-iK52J4z3qwgKlBII31ee259p-hioUYxaKBCv_nNVGDx9CKPsrg3MZfpUDIFQfMVO0hl-tY89kdrXmoFCKU9YC3Kqq_a4Khfbp39clZfqJ/w303-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2010.05.51%20AM.png" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kimono, 18th century.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pjGVhKKCp6OybfLm4l6FcREg44nVmVelMiCtP5o_F22J4XE14dRhzFA0uf-_l9TeZl63t6GSs_wn-Q3xer7RbeXCCabestZwSEP8FLov6cA5q6EWpAIISvN04tphqBzMyge2FZLpQf7oOCWhneyKtXagHWbyLdmwTlpE906H7AV62_5li9wfL8ow/s1021/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.31.08%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pjGVhKKCp6OybfLm4l6FcREg44nVmVelMiCtP5o_F22J4XE14dRhzFA0uf-_l9TeZl63t6GSs_wn-Q3xer7RbeXCCabestZwSEP8FLov6cA5q6EWpAIISvN04tphqBzMyge2FZLpQf7oOCWhneyKtXagHWbyLdmwTlpE906H7AV62_5li9wfL8ow/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-13%20at%2011.31.08%20AM.png" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kimono, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-23887952573958381732022-11-10T20:21:00.001-05:002022-11-13T09:15:36.228-05:00Weavers' Guild of Boston Show and Sale<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLAtlsf60PGYbfR82hxIW5u-tQdSu66I2mW1ZjSpCIbR5l9oavxrmZTYdzq4tGzhjrNKU4th6NAoz-GwJ8Eyq5OljSusn-GRp4f3UBQmdMcctgWbE8s4EyUvbaFNhL7ci6_EfBYJNDw6vG_VQYMGbi9NMYPBT14LI54eGPWQ8hyNjbu9pInjnczoI/s985/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.19.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="683" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLAtlsf60PGYbfR82hxIW5u-tQdSu66I2mW1ZjSpCIbR5l9oavxrmZTYdzq4tGzhjrNKU4th6NAoz-GwJ8Eyq5OljSusn-GRp4f3UBQmdMcctgWbE8s4EyUvbaFNhL7ci6_EfBYJNDw6vG_VQYMGbi9NMYPBT14LI54eGPWQ8hyNjbu9pInjnczoI/w278-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.19.09%20PM.png" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful rug, Johanna Erickson.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A friend clued me into a wonderful sale of woven items by the <a href="https://www.weaversguildofboston.org/">Weavers Guild of Boston</a>, whose annual sale took place November 4 and 5, at the <a href="https://westonaic.org/">Weston Art and Innovation Center,</a> the "maker space" of the Weston public library system. Lots of wonderful items for sale - accessories such as scarves, wraps and jewelry, and textiles for the home too. And we were allowed to touch! I purchased a scarf for my daughter-in-law - hope she likes it.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wasn't able to record every weaver's name for every item, but there was a lot of skill on display and exciting use of color. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQGqVBRIn7bY3j3buijj1sEX6Met6e6mMCksuMqP2xJjZdJYXrGjWk_M24l7AmpXtPh_w4Q2EoWUDWkB7xITuh5N7fSdOYqbYtxflS9exH4HHbvKy5a62zVldy4RXorVwNK5COu4csrFxyc3w6pofAChXdh7rLtLB75gdcX0qWNKcyCBAztf5LqA_/s993/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.14.19%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="665" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQGqVBRIn7bY3j3buijj1sEX6Met6e6mMCksuMqP2xJjZdJYXrGjWk_M24l7AmpXtPh_w4Q2EoWUDWkB7xITuh5N7fSdOYqbYtxflS9exH4HHbvKy5a62zVldy4RXorVwNK5COu4csrFxyc3w6pofAChXdh7rLtLB75gdcX0qWNKcyCBAztf5LqA_/w268-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.14.19%20PM.png" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Scarves in glowing hues.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoFfeg66WsMD266XjCbPzwjQ8wbTorWBWptSASC1FdkvA4Ql2dKfThYesyShBIwd3vjBFAzNx1xQeEwpk9h5Yba0zjz2RoRatqQyP_oiChLCG44Fk7o-YH81jFH4nYhz3BXoBhL0oxbA6Tem2JCESFbJfBw0oA5YRv01uKvWqOP2xJR89VJ5BrWrS/s1023/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.13.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoFfeg66WsMD266XjCbPzwjQ8wbTorWBWptSASC1FdkvA4Ql2dKfThYesyShBIwd3vjBFAzNx1xQeEwpk9h5Yba0zjz2RoRatqQyP_oiChLCG44Fk7o-YH81jFH4nYhz3BXoBhL0oxbA6Tem2JCESFbJfBw0oA5YRv01uKvWqOP2xJR89VJ5BrWrS/w264-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.13.33%20PM.png" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Scarves in shades of white, black and gray.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7kGqIC_G9UDtOqBIdR0DhxIoekxsM9R8xn90YAh1yrAM5_Iv3wwmQ1OiFUZOOIMHH1MNKnJkJIAx0YtG0YLXaA2koyvsNuCqQYEAT_0VSWy4UQ6sGDT0CoOGg9YMfqM_UCCVsMWrGQo61qtzIUNBEs-yocUI6htWQO9ouv40AF5NNBKnoTdHHmLh/s1013/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.14.34%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="673" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7kGqIC_G9UDtOqBIdR0DhxIoekxsM9R8xn90YAh1yrAM5_Iv3wwmQ1OiFUZOOIMHH1MNKnJkJIAx0YtG0YLXaA2koyvsNuCqQYEAT_0VSWy4UQ6sGDT0CoOGg9YMfqM_UCCVsMWrGQo61qtzIUNBEs-yocUI6htWQO9ouv40AF5NNBKnoTdHHmLh/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.14.34%20PM.png" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Scarf - reminds me of the Drunkard's Path quilt pattern.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This year, 2022, is the 100th anniversary of the Guild. An interesting display board gave a bit of history of weaving and a bit about the craft today. From this display:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>Weaving is the action of making fabric by interlacing threads. This ancient process involves intertwining two distinct set of yarns or threads -the warp and the weft - at right angles to form cloth. Warp threads are the length wise fibers that are stretched tight on a loom, and weft threads are laced horizontally through the warp threads. (Weft is an old English word meaning "that which is woven.") By crisscrossing the fiber strands in this way, a weaver can create textiles, such as cloth, carpets, tapestries, and more.</blockquote></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The display also included the graphic below, just about the best illustration I've seen of warp and weft. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLI4p7WSjiul4MYQgfdrNiE0wFN3GHcaa1U-n40iKZ8Y3optJnAH9uWxHYkCIcaadhicU-BW3Ga_fnZ4LM1JyTK4APx89HIBSYn_1ot0ny_TInwdkrqpjqTZvH9OfDREnr5Q_qxAvRlglfEwsRGpLuB-o5C186pKzChmropJ64ha_vPFQugsx3oRFR/s560/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.15.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLI4p7WSjiul4MYQgfdrNiE0wFN3GHcaa1U-n40iKZ8Y3optJnAH9uWxHYkCIcaadhicU-BW3Ga_fnZ4LM1JyTK4APx89HIBSYn_1ot0ny_TInwdkrqpjqTZvH9OfDREnr5Q_qxAvRlglfEwsRGpLuB-o5C186pKzChmropJ64ha_vPFQugsx3oRFR/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.15.27%20PM.png" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clear and concise explanatory image.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLq6vaABtkUbouuns3cTA8rYi5nDHCIdnwbTqsQ4wA4RQdHQYbQiZmNxeZQXSAgiLvP8q0UwVjTGoSZXuG250ccIkygju_h86n96vdf6Rb6s1CmO1NmTXeJDAVRUA0oCKMXAF2fKdVUYokoFwHYTb_OkqpHF_2zr9fRrboF7wfj80o7SSOlnPG7Q1/s976/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.19.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="976" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLq6vaABtkUbouuns3cTA8rYi5nDHCIdnwbTqsQ4wA4RQdHQYbQiZmNxeZQXSAgiLvP8q0UwVjTGoSZXuG250ccIkygju_h86n96vdf6Rb6s1CmO1NmTXeJDAVRUA0oCKMXAF2fKdVUYokoFwHYTb_OkqpHF_2zr9fRrboF7wfj80o7SSOlnPG7Q1/w400-h266/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.19.59%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">One room of the sale, with items for kitchen and dining table.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One room featured domestic textiles: dishtowels, runners, place mats, hot mitts, etc. Designs were both traditional and contemporary. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35lS7vxjK824u6T_T-d1JC0NbbSG5BBAgG33KVCLGj1Crnhwa7kW9oEsDndbH5mtbdFUGpRdRmlU9LlqLpgJ0RoPZsWjRidOi5f3uVUb245eivp_Nrgs5PwSuY4JtDDoKF-1yPGqd-0DaBTO419d2RoZBw6gLSe9-IYlgS8wKzlbZhthFlRenBv-1/s1008/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.18.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35lS7vxjK824u6T_T-d1JC0NbbSG5BBAgG33KVCLGj1Crnhwa7kW9oEsDndbH5mtbdFUGpRdRmlU9LlqLpgJ0RoPZsWjRidOi5f3uVUb245eivp_Nrgs5PwSuY4JtDDoKF-1yPGqd-0DaBTO419d2RoZBw6gLSe9-IYlgS8wKzlbZhthFlRenBv-1/w268-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.18.52%20PM.png" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dishtowels for sale.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWicFAxVkfBygRZirqu5tbVKTZEs_PZ_5Dk2yTbIpmTa6KEV8Lkp_fRXodpiB7G_KrU-4ZY8JqPNVZWmxq-BBaFZaS2eDhDSVqkE81Yy1qk74TY9nGHMgTY4QpNhU5M9Y-wO9ep71n1-ZsKa51X0A8MS55jY7cgilqvhugXNi-NJGbkadHZI6mYyI/s661/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.17.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="661" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWicFAxVkfBygRZirqu5tbVKTZEs_PZ_5Dk2yTbIpmTa6KEV8Lkp_fRXodpiB7G_KrU-4ZY8JqPNVZWmxq-BBaFZaS2eDhDSVqkE81Yy1qk74TY9nGHMgTY4QpNhU5M9Y-wO9ep71n1-ZsKa51X0A8MS55jY7cgilqvhugXNi-NJGbkadHZI6mYyI/w400-h349/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.17.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Another area with wraps, jackets and scarves.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More from the display board on weaving:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>Before the textile weaving process emerged, its underlying principles were applied in the creation of everyday necessities like fences, shelters, and baskets. These construction relied upon the interlacing of small materials, such as twigs and leaves, to form stable objects. Once ancient humans discovered how to spin plant fibers to create thread (some 20 or 30 thousand years ago), basic weaving principles were put to expansive use, providing woven textiles for both utility and expressions.</blockquote></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymCsBayYkqup1TqkPOmWoE0zGZ4bLjtrfT0nFX5UKC-qaDloCyap7ZktjG7CL_zY_6Mm_WUs-4ORbpy2mZS-EQ-J9sVkzA4HBzGhO1ahbVTC2tQ-MbeRBWx8lnkm2VK7xV4wnh7-lFtV37hDO1iGxw-mQAEd5X0dwlttvFXEK80JDdBo8gnOMyMgH/s1009/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.18.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="658" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymCsBayYkqup1TqkPOmWoE0zGZ4bLjtrfT0nFX5UKC-qaDloCyap7ZktjG7CL_zY_6Mm_WUs-4ORbpy2mZS-EQ-J9sVkzA4HBzGhO1ahbVTC2tQ-MbeRBWx8lnkm2VK7xV4wnh7-lFtV37hDO1iGxw-mQAEd5X0dwlttvFXEK80JDdBo8gnOMyMgH/w261-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.18.33%20PM.png" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A towel by Marjie Thompson, based on a very old draft, or weaving pattern.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The weavers had to suspend their monthly meetings due to the pandemic. Twenty-four members determined to make a community quilt, using small woven bits and pieces. From the project description:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Home Sweet Home </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The COVID-19 Closet Cleanup Collaboration </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by members of the Weavers' Guild of Boston</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What does <i>home and security</i> mean to you in the time of Covid 19 pandemic? </span> <br /></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This theme brought our guild members together as we faced national quarantine in March 2020. Zoom meetings began with small talk, and we laughed about the frenzy of cleaning closets. It was a time when going to the store was not possible. By using pieces from previous projects, and reimagining them in a small format, our community quilt project came alive with joy and colorful expression. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The individual blocks represent views from our own window to the world. Featuring familiar snapshots, like a house, a partner, a pet, a good book, a windowsill with flowers, a fantasy portrait with a bag of craft supplies, are all rendered with handwoven fabrics. As each block found its place in the panel, it was clear that the answer to our theme question revolved around love. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfQlAPytAuF2BLu8b4SaaV78z9MtshWeSp7irz5NcmorxrGfFkC21wgXGVzgHky6oLcShlxK5EjrhsO8Vt6_x2qEKaGPh_eeW1185hPDiJn_d9RUNhku-iZllQ14ZjHCooD7_0HjDGyNjQpTleW3oM4WozXi9oHTvQvtusJlQ5p1-p8xtnK_AVRUe/s697/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.16.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="697" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfQlAPytAuF2BLu8b4SaaV78z9MtshWeSp7irz5NcmorxrGfFkC21wgXGVzgHky6oLcShlxK5EjrhsO8Vt6_x2qEKaGPh_eeW1185hPDiJn_d9RUNhku-iZllQ14ZjHCooD7_0HjDGyNjQpTleW3oM4WozXi9oHTvQvtusJlQ5p1-p8xtnK_AVRUe/w400-h375/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.16.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Home Sweet Home</i> quilt created with hand-woven fabrics.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQz1ZZ1inE1b_yc2GyPyb8691FlUq6CbVQOHwYGBE_Dr1vvLr7d0HiDjhnCKdDFu5ues7NPxBqdKIR6uoucgk-hda102U9-V6bb6fkACop9iub0idJAWpY9_JtA4rmpvpOTCOFhxavhsNW6csvDIFdnh7YewDzJIJFA9WWFwICemLGr0YxBM23w7Y/s647/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.17.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="647" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQz1ZZ1inE1b_yc2GyPyb8691FlUq6CbVQOHwYGBE_Dr1vvLr7d0HiDjhnCKdDFu5ues7NPxBqdKIR6uoucgk-hda102U9-V6bb6fkACop9iub0idJAWpY9_JtA4rmpvpOTCOFhxavhsNW6csvDIFdnh7YewDzJIJFA9WWFwICemLGr0YxBM23w7Y/w400-h375/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.17.08%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Block detail - the house wears a mask. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-1FPUM9B56fUIU8kE4UBUmWITVUEOVCcwVaNZwlFv2ifmxLMBM80uf80edUefstrjG83LqfWd9Py0rl8ICGKpFyxl7NwtKjKjHamLd8d4PSKJXHL8PUESUJfFWEoGFo46iQIyYWF4U1J1qFYzmkoJVySASkE7vn5bk0STtcxyp-EX-owH2z5Byfd/s641/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.20.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="632" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-1FPUM9B56fUIU8kE4UBUmWITVUEOVCcwVaNZwlFv2ifmxLMBM80uf80edUefstrjG83LqfWd9Py0rl8ICGKpFyxl7NwtKjKjHamLd8d4PSKJXHL8PUESUJfFWEoGFo46iQIyYWF4U1J1qFYzmkoJVySASkE7vn5bk0STtcxyp-EX-owH2z5Byfd/w395-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.20.52%20PM.png" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weaving and embroidery combined. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lcwQVUjpCe1EKVHmer8_bjkszwY-1rAcjVCndvL3Ra_xNBoGA6m9bzvUNlFuPOdzKQwTQGFBATaTzcSRoIE1kOWV9q-Ly6j244umqoWu8siAqCHUoHo21WaBxaQTO_KERoo1thohqsHVj6v09ECrD-HNJ_N4LdzPZjwO5vAzzXr0q2RWdo8CvrPM/s649/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.16.44%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lcwQVUjpCe1EKVHmer8_bjkszwY-1rAcjVCndvL3Ra_xNBoGA6m9bzvUNlFuPOdzKQwTQGFBATaTzcSRoIE1kOWV9q-Ly6j244umqoWu8siAqCHUoHo21WaBxaQTO_KERoo1thohqsHVj6v09ECrD-HNJ_N4LdzPZjwO5vAzzXr0q2RWdo8CvrPM/w394-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-09%20at%208.16.44%20PM.png" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">My favorite block, simple but evocative.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-76947052763114341282022-10-29T10:52:00.000-04:002022-10-29T10:52:16.083-04:00 Paper Bag Hats by moses at the Mingei International Museum<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjravnLspME0c-DsDiO75XveUPDdAz4SvJvLAU5lQ6vXtGIq9EB2TD7hlcbUnlMNGKBejWH8gh363puyeUrokBOJf_k28Ivz-Ea5_sEDBdqNhH6bi-rGPtdaD-Vb5qwZz1F2QVJeZO72aCaNCvoMudMycP2u5NF2zbutlIwjSQkjhFpCD_RjXUBZsvr/s428/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.21.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjravnLspME0c-DsDiO75XveUPDdAz4SvJvLAU5lQ6vXtGIq9EB2TD7hlcbUnlMNGKBejWH8gh363puyeUrokBOJf_k28Ivz-Ea5_sEDBdqNhH6bi-rGPtdaD-Vb5qwZz1F2QVJeZO72aCaNCvoMudMycP2u5NF2zbutlIwjSQkjhFpCD_RjXUBZsvr/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.21.56%20AM.png" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hats on heads.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KLjnRo9iOzhEnmmW_4Euqe1vHQMACs9H7YQLNPxAES2yK_ayOjlqyj4Trlb-A5Yfx6LdNLQE8GfghUhfW7CR2k4y7WMOyvGYd9HUOd18s_OvEYoRLzlQp0lQjur8M8PdDP6QtMltsflsS-aWueDe7Az4DQJC226p3C1rIutnbke5Q792fcQzwwFR/s789/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.10.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="789" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KLjnRo9iOzhEnmmW_4Euqe1vHQMACs9H7YQLNPxAES2yK_ayOjlqyj4Trlb-A5Yfx6LdNLQE8GfghUhfW7CR2k4y7WMOyvGYd9HUOd18s_OvEYoRLzlQp0lQjur8M8PdDP6QtMltsflsS-aWueDe7Az4DQJC226p3C1rIutnbke5Q792fcQzwwFR/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.10.52%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hats on display.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember "paper or plastic?" at the grocery check-out? Making puppets out of paper lunch bags? The all-time maestro of paper bag upcycling may be moses (born Murray Odessky, 1931-2015) and his moniker is indeed all lowercase.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We viewed this wonderful display of his work in the exhibit "Fold-Twist-Tie" at the Mingei International Museum, part of the art complex in Balboa Park the cultural center and garden in San Diego.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> moses moved to Hawaii and according to the exhibit wall text:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>According to moses, his journey making hats began serendipitously on a New Year's Eve in 1979 when he brought some things to a party in a paper bag. When he went home, he emptied a size 12 bag and turned it over his head. It fit, and he formed it into a hat. The original concept for the hats was to create protection from the strong Hawaiian sun, but ideas kept coming, each hat inspired by a person, thing or idea over roughly a decade. moses created over 250 hats in total, ranging from relatively simple designs each made from a single bag to elaborate examples that transformed a hundred or more bags each into fanciful headdresses. His past career experience as an package and graphic designer for Mattel and other firms informed his work, as did his love of literature, poetry and travel. He was clearly influenced by the brilliance of other cultures just as he was inspired by the mundane. He worked daily and diligently, either from a "studio" at the public library in Waimea or with a borrowed camera on the beach, photographing willing participants who somehow served as the perfect characters to model each hat. He also visited schools all over the Big Island, teaching workshops to hundreds of children. He also hosted countless workshops for adults. Today, over 20 years since his first exhibition at Mingei, moses' hats continue to radiated prodigious talent, perceptive humor, his love of humble materials - and unexpected beauty.</blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Mingei museum, which collects and displays what we commonly call "folk art," holds a collection of over 200 of moses' hats. In addition to the displays, a continuous video loop featured portraits of willing volunteers modelling the hats. moses took snapshots of his hat models - some are shown in the first image in this post and more images can be admired at the <a href="https://www.kiraod.com/moses/mydadshats.html">website</a> of his daughter, artist Kira Od.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiabzTcOgZz7TWgcRZbek6nOskDBSiDbS7ksn94IBe6KOJPFSeY1uHNgEuaQcCLQNKvn7A0It-Czh5MH9sTG9TfA6DefI45OVuscN3d7I_LKSfYfS44a10tePEG7dSJckCKtOAz6KwLZ0UK4n39XW89Ick_h2KKdVKTFZY-xb3lU474Qi4l9v2llb/s916/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.06.53%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="916" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiabzTcOgZz7TWgcRZbek6nOskDBSiDbS7ksn94IBe6KOJPFSeY1uHNgEuaQcCLQNKvn7A0It-Czh5MH9sTG9TfA6DefI45OVuscN3d7I_LKSfYfS44a10tePEG7dSJckCKtOAz6KwLZ0UK4n39XW89Ick_h2KKdVKTFZY-xb3lU474Qi4l9v2llb/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.06.53%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Imaginative hat designs.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_m5Yccd0utUuhK_PVaWfQlHdLGDPjdsnarS9okSrxfHSBAtDq_FTezbgKR9f8RcH2k5dB-Tx2WqhHDG7Pfl85EL2pMYC3UjlpVI0Ygcn6_q2_pod-x3KvdlxvAOE5qMs1bIcuE58sFM1fwapqDM-K9EitA6K7L665j1_Y2ay3yIoZnyGnyRJvHjw/s718/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.07.36%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="718" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_m5Yccd0utUuhK_PVaWfQlHdLGDPjdsnarS9okSrxfHSBAtDq_FTezbgKR9f8RcH2k5dB-Tx2WqhHDG7Pfl85EL2pMYC3UjlpVI0Ygcn6_q2_pod-x3KvdlxvAOE5qMs1bIcuE58sFM1fwapqDM-K9EitA6K7L665j1_Y2ay3yIoZnyGnyRJvHjw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.07.36%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Shangri-la</i> hat.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn23WWC5mmE1H6M_CKXXwj2jlPUVjHq3c4CiI-nRGrzAa-F_uZrYRSckEK5bT6klAS-FC_TqG_TK3gfbU_DmcCENIUyy0MLfMT-vLfSravXMyRolcRrWwWnmJjPeCXUb0AHhoOzLmTrIc2Z1Gr1MBi88xY4LpFW7UHxmH1ki_pUEc9S4UK7ag9cju/s858/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.04.54%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="858" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn23WWC5mmE1H6M_CKXXwj2jlPUVjHq3c4CiI-nRGrzAa-F_uZrYRSckEK5bT6klAS-FC_TqG_TK3gfbU_DmcCENIUyy0MLfMT-vLfSravXMyRolcRrWwWnmJjPeCXUb0AHhoOzLmTrIc2Z1Gr1MBi88xY4LpFW7UHxmH1ki_pUEc9S4UK7ag9cju/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.04.54%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Off to the races</i> hat. Shades of Royal Ascot!</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasQG5FuSC2I7fjnPovqorhR-SCqOzy6UNMnAyafJUOnxmpxiG-TtwuB94QVR97r-TQ9n5u9nGpa2b2BrcpeGAsG1Qd5PEj6mShPw1hsAYmgSbo55izuOHimEXSBv58O7I8VadHtzHJeW68Py7VjMJu57XEjUS66bQw1oG2HaB4dIFF1jFPfXp4Bp7/s653/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.05.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasQG5FuSC2I7fjnPovqorhR-SCqOzy6UNMnAyafJUOnxmpxiG-TtwuB94QVR97r-TQ9n5u9nGpa2b2BrcpeGAsG1Qd5PEj6mShPw1hsAYmgSbo55izuOHimEXSBv58O7I8VadHtzHJeW68Py7VjMJu57XEjUS66bQw1oG2HaB4dIFF1jFPfXp4Bp7/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.05.28%20AM.png" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Off to the races</i> hat on enthusiastic model. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4u3cP7NBrAI7v0jx1Bo36g9UP6JY2UdiDrPt0SefDSgutCedVXoS_zoiNrzuypU_QqKG7ieSEMg5-GtVD419Eh26-RlUij_jVlKUTrXAX2mxWAVDfuo3W943uAUawixD7oUqIlzRAPoKoYYmUaXpQXo4atJRj2GkkbhL7hAPDLkvkU6L9QrL9LJua/s690/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.03.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="690" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4u3cP7NBrAI7v0jx1Bo36g9UP6JY2UdiDrPt0SefDSgutCedVXoS_zoiNrzuypU_QqKG7ieSEMg5-GtVD419Eh26-RlUij_jVlKUTrXAX2mxWAVDfuo3W943uAUawixD7oUqIlzRAPoKoYYmUaXpQXo4atJRj2GkkbhL7hAPDLkvkU6L9QrL9LJua/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.03.16%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Exhibit title on wall.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the exhibit title indicates, many of the hats were made by simply folding, twisting and tying bags, but more elaborate creations involved scissors, twine and white glue.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There was wall text with moses' instructions for making a paper bag hat; I would have loved a hand-out of this to learn more about his methods but will just experiment on my own, if I can find the bags in this era of reusable grocery totes.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsiF51SGqfuCL83jycA1GYZy-I9D8YAo8aHzXgWs0MXNvzTlEdgaiYtvh2Hxxy0CfEkF4A6oVGIAVebIU5pRv2CUTKnCPIYZGA5u5kgWAdrD8liEekwzZ5Vkek376FbwyTy4nhBoj5vCaF5zzFWXRAu3je7GvsPAgu_RXpbZzFYFmYnOUliP9Nh_2/s914/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.04.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="914" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsiF51SGqfuCL83jycA1GYZy-I9D8YAo8aHzXgWs0MXNvzTlEdgaiYtvh2Hxxy0CfEkF4A6oVGIAVebIU5pRv2CUTKnCPIYZGA5u5kgWAdrD8liEekwzZ5Vkek376FbwyTy4nhBoj5vCaF5zzFWXRAu3je7GvsPAgu_RXpbZzFYFmYnOUliP9Nh_2/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.04.29%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More hats.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiLjQdkWjI9Chkx2tPO7tDhnbvTbHaSO6ZM2tsBWkaSztx5GiQRmxIkrSfmHl2o5_urkOSaqGzHXrEmLi8jRlDxOi1JNgSqIgzlMbOOl9Z3IqmHJMEdGyj5Uvz4es2opATtbxtGyW0RWtHN6fNqPKW22XkhuBZr7F4zXex7gDr7cOOKV9qaVd8eY3/s861/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.05.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="861" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiLjQdkWjI9Chkx2tPO7tDhnbvTbHaSO6ZM2tsBWkaSztx5GiQRmxIkrSfmHl2o5_urkOSaqGzHXrEmLi8jRlDxOi1JNgSqIgzlMbOOl9Z3IqmHJMEdGyj5Uvz4es2opATtbxtGyW0RWtHN6fNqPKW22XkhuBZr7F4zXex7gDr7cOOKV9qaVd8eY3/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-27%20at%209.05.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Artichoke</i> hat.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As Halloween is Monday, I'll share a Halloween craft, made with a paper bag and tempera paint by my son some time ago in kindergarten. Believe it or not, this item is in mint condition.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8V2kx6Y1Ok3qundvtKF6AiZH0j0a-7pZNaRbvRoK3jUX4h6Y2KLW9LYYWczStkBqmMkguQsAeaY6bgjrTtvpQhQ1ymAzH9V1a7_gVMlm1LzF1DvH-6mfr4xrNPwzzNONb8txFAAHHH5A78w5a95riHbvbffVEEm1lIfqXKDsSo0w8kOLbiQqE7FR0/s634/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-29%20at%2010.46.19%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="634" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8V2kx6Y1Ok3qundvtKF6AiZH0j0a-7pZNaRbvRoK3jUX4h6Y2KLW9LYYWczStkBqmMkguQsAeaY6bgjrTtvpQhQ1ymAzH9V1a7_gVMlm1LzF1DvH-6mfr4xrNPwzzNONb8txFAAHHH5A78w5a95riHbvbffVEEm1lIfqXKDsSo0w8kOLbiQqE7FR0/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-29%20at%2010.46.19%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Halloween!<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-66643834456449443252022-10-22T20:38:00.002-04:002022-10-22T20:38:36.122-04:00Quinobequin Quilters Show<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxWIXAkyRkHiK-l5X9XnOhtTfmxHObZDNTDCnOPmu6jKtavnFWjGzqEih9qM4NcuAANCj7iP9_dqAJCq7HzFwtqDunelU25P0aAW4ho6mbBuP0kRmAzH9wXarphyX143Gh24PVMqg3lZYxzNKT-Cv_wqbfxRNvjJuY-WOP_jqEAtrg6wiP-EEwEtW/s901/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.20.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="901" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxWIXAkyRkHiK-l5X9XnOhtTfmxHObZDNTDCnOPmu6jKtavnFWjGzqEih9qM4NcuAANCj7iP9_dqAJCq7HzFwtqDunelU25P0aAW4ho6mbBuP0kRmAzH9wXarphyX143Gh24PVMqg3lZYxzNKT-Cv_wqbfxRNvjJuY-WOP_jqEAtrg6wiP-EEwEtW/w400-h363/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.20.47%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Fractured</i>, Linda Evans.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On October 21 and 22, Quinobequin Quilters held its biennial show, the first since the beginning of the pandemic, I believe. (By the way, if you're wondering whatever "Quinobequin" means, I'll tell you at the end of the post.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over 130 quilts were displayed in the Needham Masonic Hall. It was nourishment for the eyes and the soul, to see quilts and people again. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEo4WGBKuOHYS0nM1nZ5CiVD_LVWqva7MbMujKRK1Y1QewXGHuerN5lXTk2ldl7lIejYpmu-aazKocfkMx-bgzbQoSO0u9LLfK_imQv6xQ580gW_TPRjFHL47unUv0a-RY3S3C3uDGLDsBYNDobAh1llxRzYol5m5XEU6w842D4wggEr12l5nUTJB/s1419/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.21.20%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1419" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEo4WGBKuOHYS0nM1nZ5CiVD_LVWqva7MbMujKRK1Y1QewXGHuerN5lXTk2ldl7lIejYpmu-aazKocfkMx-bgzbQoSO0u9LLfK_imQv6xQ580gW_TPRjFHL47unUv0a-RY3S3C3uDGLDsBYNDobAh1llxRzYol5m5XEU6w842D4wggEr12l5nUTJB/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.21.20%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Fractured</i>, detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">This blog just features a few of the many lovely quilts, with some of their stories.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0_qU4hfsR0_q6ropbzB7Argh0IsFUm8pDQDoxChGxtL7ECKO8eE-ofr39Zov_EvGzyGVehaMWwmYZoaf4Jhv4RwK1UcEqCJMmFzvy9H5sTdgyyTFD9pDxP0IpxjFp7I36GEaDiriBY01M6WfxNBAJaxFAKSdwmd0seObfDmyHZK2nS8UCqEXNoaR/s1411/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1411" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0_qU4hfsR0_q6ropbzB7Argh0IsFUm8pDQDoxChGxtL7ECKO8eE-ofr39Zov_EvGzyGVehaMWwmYZoaf4Jhv4RwK1UcEqCJMmFzvy9H5sTdgyyTFD9pDxP0IpxjFp7I36GEaDiriBY01M6WfxNBAJaxFAKSdwmd0seObfDmyHZK2nS8UCqEXNoaR/w400-h243/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Quilts on exhibit. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwjr8In_kTMDHEU7i68RbuQOj-iu7C0y_FAPpEfNAOjhy-RqqhZ6QzMLqnPqyJe2m8bYDFQLtUHndzyQ52UObDTsTE7otQaJN1V4BxEirfqne4NZn1kbXJGKtGRF1_pjnjI2fjgBMbt5PzLWFKz-p26AK0CJe7FTUKQFsKm6qB_xVQWYvaJD1b4dW/s952/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.12.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="796" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwjr8In_kTMDHEU7i68RbuQOj-iu7C0y_FAPpEfNAOjhy-RqqhZ6QzMLqnPqyJe2m8bYDFQLtUHndzyQ52UObDTsTE7otQaJN1V4BxEirfqne4NZn1kbXJGKtGRF1_pjnjI2fjgBMbt5PzLWFKz-p26AK0CJe7FTUKQFsKm6qB_xVQWYvaJD1b4dW/w335-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.12.45%20PM.png" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Chocolate Layer Cake</i>, Nancy Weinreich.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The quilt above was made from a "layer cake" packet - a selection of precut pieces, stacked and bundled to form a "cake", from a distributor's fabric range. Color choices will always be pleasing, as the textile designer has done the work of selecting for hue and value already. Love the warm neutrals with accents of toned blue and red.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr90yMp5a8T5e5DzEi0XafiOeCoAjwxgIsxpi50CJPtWpF38_aEVJZJ4xY98xyFPVjDwdWivxR-GRJStQpkrPDo290fMqZENC_EuPnyxcEORTjRFQIRkKgk__ihQrBduGducIZylu6ee-r8fNVT5LaikyqbAvtdmMp3DQ_jlOYZ5LtF0eV8pVF-mq/s1026/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.09.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr90yMp5a8T5e5DzEi0XafiOeCoAjwxgIsxpi50CJPtWpF38_aEVJZJ4xY98xyFPVjDwdWivxR-GRJStQpkrPDo290fMqZENC_EuPnyxcEORTjRFQIRkKgk__ihQrBduGducIZylu6ee-r8fNVT5LaikyqbAvtdmMp3DQ_jlOYZ5LtF0eV8pVF-mq/w265-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.09.59%20PM.png" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Wild One Block Wonder</i>, Jane Evans.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Next, a quilt of an entirely different color. Ms. Evans made this quilt from fabric given to her by her mother. Unusual colors but I love it. The fussy cutting and assembly for each hexagon displays a high degree of skill. </span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CVV_NQwcRhMQzVCpLyCSZ8zeUQes3hFJUMiD_gPcxcQbWfgXzcG2YiLDl-dY2Un3b__BoahN5nUTT-jMdjI9z1ZalJSKnQ8YJKM976Px8e4FsNoA-ATUN_C12nqY0VfjSv82ANSd41XoMsUf8AdIBmp3fPGBYvr5goJwTSEbu1wjI18QXTLeKXVy/s1022/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.10.17%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CVV_NQwcRhMQzVCpLyCSZ8zeUQes3hFJUMiD_gPcxcQbWfgXzcG2YiLDl-dY2Un3b__BoahN5nUTT-jMdjI9z1ZalJSKnQ8YJKM976Px8e4FsNoA-ATUN_C12nqY0VfjSv82ANSd41XoMsUf8AdIBmp3fPGBYvr5goJwTSEbu1wjI18QXTLeKXVy/w266-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.10.17%20PM.png" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Wild One Block Wonder</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Excellent piecing is demonstrated in the quilt below too, made by the artist for her granddaughter's "big girl" bed. The pattern was designed by Elizabeth Hartman.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc61VUUyRW8Pxu1HrcfjYxrEwt39tISTcgO1pyM3yOtAmhBNfgCNJLdcC_87qDdufUc7D9LXCmu-kNpwCLWY0JxvYyIN8sr5--IDo_kBU56O5Nj7EF4XDARNrDyK7yS3N7kMaTZPQT_twkKH-4pi7CpE6nBeGOeaa5NU4nRZ7GYKWbjlj-yFH3kasc/s895/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.17.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="578" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc61VUUyRW8Pxu1HrcfjYxrEwt39tISTcgO1pyM3yOtAmhBNfgCNJLdcC_87qDdufUc7D9LXCmu-kNpwCLWY0JxvYyIN8sr5--IDo_kBU56O5Nj7EF4XDARNrDyK7yS3N7kMaTZPQT_twkKH-4pi7CpE6nBeGOeaa5NU4nRZ7GYKWbjlj-yFH3kasc/w259-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.17.04%20PM.png" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Forest Friends</i>, Beth Green.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a0CdZfqdgbcArXNEBAKk6hU2v3MheH9c0Hh30304LyTkNPbwCnGbwgI3-nMTR9jl_ckOgPtOfPjztSdYPf1zEINEtKIS70xCMs15fN69xqkcxhs0Rpx5hOBDcgFKq1E_9aaCRjHALxP8pqS4cUIwBl6kzev57mb6pEpaxcVxu4I1qUe0bPcBmFaU/s1001/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.17.20%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a0CdZfqdgbcArXNEBAKk6hU2v3MheH9c0Hh30304LyTkNPbwCnGbwgI3-nMTR9jl_ckOgPtOfPjztSdYPf1zEINEtKIS70xCMs15fN69xqkcxhs0Rpx5hOBDcgFKq1E_9aaCRjHALxP8pqS4cUIwBl6kzev57mb6pEpaxcVxu4I1qUe0bPcBmFaU/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.17.20%20PM.png" width="218" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Forest Friends,</i> detail.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQURYBPtybPVp5TPyCBus8q6kKmB144m5uYmG1ZG7RjAa7Mh_QuXUNX1ovSKIMMwqSFcp3e4_dBqc7rqqSoAlSkE9---rqpsyq2WIWMdjLQqDaaNOsTmiet61evU3uaE9Tqg3zzquGUpjQ1ebblM2E_SeCQhdPqZl_NhUAM2Exb5xrYPJOy-vJnjh/s944/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.27.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="681" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQURYBPtybPVp5TPyCBus8q6kKmB144m5uYmG1ZG7RjAa7Mh_QuXUNX1ovSKIMMwqSFcp3e4_dBqc7rqqSoAlSkE9---rqpsyq2WIWMdjLQqDaaNOsTmiet61evU3uaE9Tqg3zzquGUpjQ1ebblM2E_SeCQhdPqZl_NhUAM2Exb5xrYPJOy-vJnjh/w289-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.27.57%20PM.png" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hexies for All</i>, Penelope Kulko. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We see hexagons again in the blue and white quilt, inspired by Katja Marek's book "The New Hexagon." Blue and white is a traditional color scheme but works well in modern quilts too.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpFKOgDdrMW06exwbFrpFgORSQGiSUn-eDwtBCWDFiua5md60ZZ0EYieQgoGe_q5OUa9HU66t5BQJH7uksK1xHLGnvWDPQqpv7B3eV6Pp2Wvayt8NNn-Q_5jqXYJaeftivyTZKY_vYCDVarHgGiJiCv5SPlGbnzdPr9Q2UZFgnQvTgaBfX9-YYtks/s1023/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.28.22%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="685" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpFKOgDdrMW06exwbFrpFgORSQGiSUn-eDwtBCWDFiua5md60ZZ0EYieQgoGe_q5OUa9HU66t5BQJH7uksK1xHLGnvWDPQqpv7B3eV6Pp2Wvayt8NNn-Q_5jqXYJaeftivyTZKY_vYCDVarHgGiJiCv5SPlGbnzdPr9Q2UZFgnQvTgaBfX9-YYtks/w268-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.28.22%20PM.png" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hexies for All</i>, detail. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAes38LgqOjhe1e6NaGJHPU2MtMERta3Y3jrgVolApeN_XWG7I9ta7XicIDCU75A1Wsrmt3foahixna0VNxe4KVHQf6gOO4v3NUiF539LeBnPk8JDFoOK2Ppi107CL2-OklBKWqJZYSuXrCzSnv_J9pyhlW1tdRJPQUR3ggpynKL85A1nr_s-1SVBf/s977/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.14.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="977" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAes38LgqOjhe1e6NaGJHPU2MtMERta3Y3jrgVolApeN_XWG7I9ta7XicIDCU75A1Wsrmt3foahixna0VNxe4KVHQf6gOO4v3NUiF539LeBnPk8JDFoOK2Ppi107CL2-OklBKWqJZYSuXrCzSnv_J9pyhlW1tdRJPQUR3ggpynKL85A1nr_s-1SVBf/w400-h376/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.14.41%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Time to Smell the Flowers</i>, Maxine Rosenberg.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Still more hexagons! According Ms. Rosenberg:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I constructed this English Paper Pieced Quilt during Covid from a picture on the Paper Pieces Website. Unable to buy plants for my outside garden the basket and butterfly reminded me of the pleasure we got from winged visitors to our garden. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div></blockquote><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEAFa_S_q6ql3dEekrOxHeqbBBaeMCXogxijfPwm085cWe0N4FrHDDg1jP8z_1sPUSLAYiBFc9US4NH1Ca0LmQaLYONqF1AjoANe975Um_pUVSxtcL_7z5oWtb2TMFs55tQz2BaNlikE5dwwIC2zHKqcceq12EQT9lYB29S8zKNTcJyQ3uzY9uBWy/s1427/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.16.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1427" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEAFa_S_q6ql3dEekrOxHeqbBBaeMCXogxijfPwm085cWe0N4FrHDDg1jP8z_1sPUSLAYiBFc9US4NH1Ca0LmQaLYONqF1AjoANe975Um_pUVSxtcL_7z5oWtb2TMFs55tQz2BaNlikE5dwwIC2zHKqcceq12EQT9lYB29S8zKNTcJyQ3uzY9uBWy/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.16.04%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Block of the Month designed by Linda Evans.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Guild member Linda Evans designed the Block of the Month activity above - each month a pattern was sent out to participants featuring one of the quilt blocks. Choice of fabric, sashing and assembly are individual decisions. This is master class is variations on a theme and a revelatory look at the impact of color and contrast in pattern interpretation. Well done all!</span><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52fobHRiBxWdtxi230naLJ1qhQfbv1XuXIzAIWdFqYzw9Mm17A7uoWZjujVGTbXpw1RgbK9qJxltFlC7ujapUD3DNweyPEdLKye5W7ATudkbJ6ecc69mLxpy3aAiPxQPC_7Sw4bUSYjHyrSK1YnvMRK8cAvgBuIeE6BYzZiGvEPajlfCWhmNbzcHO/s933/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="921" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52fobHRiBxWdtxi230naLJ1qhQfbv1XuXIzAIWdFqYzw9Mm17A7uoWZjujVGTbXpw1RgbK9qJxltFlC7ujapUD3DNweyPEdLKye5W7ATudkbJ6ecc69mLxpy3aAiPxQPC_7Sw4bUSYjHyrSK1YnvMRK8cAvgBuIeE6BYzZiGvEPajlfCWhmNbzcHO/w395-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.06%20PM.png" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Resilience</i>, Robin Jaeger.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Flowers and gardens and other aspects of nature inspired more quilts. The Resilince quilt above was based on "Whimsical Garden" by Tina Curran. This quilt is displayed in the Town of Needham's New Public Safety Building and was a "thank-you" present to Needham's essential safety workers. </span></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO2Qsy0z_UXXal7U2Yv6UXCuJjrqqfcutRqHUk_0apBCoET5YmtM66J0sX08O5LN6diNTPzGyfeXbzP--Y4mWQ-eG2QdYiz--hp0SEA2pjcn4XZNVyHxEPDXrUZRcTMrqn4meSU5pm8ZxFMTCgYG162JYJiV4ALOiyNRympYrk39hROFf9p9uSXLY/s1024/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.28%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO2Qsy0z_UXXal7U2Yv6UXCuJjrqqfcutRqHUk_0apBCoET5YmtM66J0sX08O5LN6diNTPzGyfeXbzP--Y4mWQ-eG2QdYiz--hp0SEA2pjcn4XZNVyHxEPDXrUZRcTMrqn4meSU5pm8ZxFMTCgYG162JYJiV4ALOiyNRympYrk39hROFf9p9uSXLY/w255-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.15.28%20PM.png" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Resilience</i>, detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7YLc3I-e9DFD1O6xor-KZ-rHGMWypH8j381qytJkmFiWqKCu_X0g8-1S4opmT4khyxbNykbiEVk13k9lcOyxckmxIdVaYX4rw1ZKOa1zeEXn7kuQ3YFiCWL_nK11ohRNGuPermq35U1r4vaHPo49V2U4oZMfrstr4CEq22YJz0OcDlC6mVzi_WNl/s816/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.18.06%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7YLc3I-e9DFD1O6xor-KZ-rHGMWypH8j381qytJkmFiWqKCu_X0g8-1S4opmT4khyxbNykbiEVk13k9lcOyxckmxIdVaYX4rw1ZKOa1zeEXn7kuQ3YFiCWL_nK11ohRNGuPermq35U1r4vaHPo49V2U4oZMfrstr4CEq22YJz0OcDlC6mVzi_WNl/w328-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.18.06%20PM.png" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Country Journal</i>, Marlene Thurston.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Can you hear the clucking? The nature theme continues with a flock of fowl, in the applique quilt. This quilt was begun in 2002 and finished last year. I'm a firm believer in the Slow Fiber movement myself.</span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYvNml0Aan3hlNEaPMKZX_X97kqxOy-7_MgBPSav2eE6ojhtUUvh8sAlc9xMRibFl1pJM5rELEZjprjTsNfBwQEedkgqHGiF9NX7ooSXbRb3xbbTH0MdYVNs1dBmvWm9JBB0ftyPjdXIhlgLEoiSupHk8zkGryREGudenn2b8OrdWqBTYYHIJOyAX/s863/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.18.26%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="681" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYvNml0Aan3hlNEaPMKZX_X97kqxOy-7_MgBPSav2eE6ojhtUUvh8sAlc9xMRibFl1pJM5rELEZjprjTsNfBwQEedkgqHGiF9NX7ooSXbRb3xbbTH0MdYVNs1dBmvWm9JBB0ftyPjdXIhlgLEoiSupHk8zkGryREGudenn2b8OrdWqBTYYHIJOyAX/w316-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.18.26%20PM.png" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Country Journal</i>, detail.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-s0eBxEjyhXANZYXnSbhyqoyvJ4hEfo0Jem2r6CilEbiCdBeOjQU7Dm8TS5qVphYmU-wUBeI6kGvItbjp5hvDc9pyZqqMLNPdxT8SQxuRVf8w8GDMuuzk3XeTei8ClbMwC_TX47r-HIBAY1jVUTYOVsgrBetRYnaLcPas8wwbQdGWy6jOGt7Whbr/s952/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.19.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="952" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-s0eBxEjyhXANZYXnSbhyqoyvJ4hEfo0Jem2r6CilEbiCdBeOjQU7Dm8TS5qVphYmU-wUBeI6kGvItbjp5hvDc9pyZqqMLNPdxT8SQxuRVf8w8GDMuuzk3XeTei8ClbMwC_TX47r-HIBAY1jVUTYOVsgrBetRYnaLcPas8wwbQdGWy6jOGt7Whbr/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.19.09%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>The Spirit of Aloha: A Hawaiian Quilt</i>, Evy Megerman.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Megerman's daughter and son-in-law met in Hawaii and it is a special place for them. I hope they appreciate the quilt. The quilt below was also made for a family member. According to artist Kulko:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few years ago my son opened a skateboard shop in his Brooklyn [neighbor]'hood. I helped him get the store ready for opening by matting and framing way cool, totally hip skateboarding photographs and other skater paraphernalia. Along the way I had the idea for this quilt, marrying motion, the boarder and graffiti. In the end, my son gave me a sweet, sad look, saying, "Mom, it's great, and we will NEVER hang a quilt in the skate shop." It was a long shot, apparently too long a shot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HMsqjuAtREU7UmyxSL8yG0Ij6vA5fZ8OoJFyYBe4KTYsH2Wchk-FpqwUtJ2ydVdX8AhhbPaDrf64c-MlZBimF2e52-TsXcr700x8ZVlA7ks53WUQfBNLl6FBSyd8kF_LK9EajjPLL0EsCYJL2JVKdM6qul30mjl6ejOuaaO6XyuWnSFqZ2xGtX5O/s1046/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.16.32%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1046" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HMsqjuAtREU7UmyxSL8yG0Ij6vA5fZ8OoJFyYBe4KTYsH2Wchk-FpqwUtJ2ydVdX8AhhbPaDrf64c-MlZBimF2e52-TsXcr700x8ZVlA7ks53WUQfBNLl6FBSyd8kF_LK9EajjPLL0EsCYJL2JVKdM6qul30mjl6ejOuaaO6XyuWnSFqZ2xGtX5O/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.16.32%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Skater</i>, Penelope Kulko. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Wheels are celebrated in the bicycle quilt below, an original design by maker Gotlib; a gift for her husband. This quilt evidently did make it onto a wall.</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0EmAmWTEGCmmkMK10Sy9qAgNUN0eTw07aZGOQ9P9HkRXdlocTob5ezKQnllEj-ijdUjESrOyGPBsvJS68PLgRxGyHUdPqM6wr9URV_--FFVpW6cSMqGu4YYOEEcLQoZpjbBDQa0OpeHtsjCXeBH69Sn4OS1PzuPQzci9KotlQaIW8jUoM7jfdJp/s1239/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.26.26%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1239" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0EmAmWTEGCmmkMK10Sy9qAgNUN0eTw07aZGOQ9P9HkRXdlocTob5ezKQnllEj-ijdUjESrOyGPBsvJS68PLgRxGyHUdPqM6wr9URV_--FFVpW6cSMqGu4YYOEEcLQoZpjbBDQa0OpeHtsjCXeBH69Sn4OS1PzuPQzci9KotlQaIW8jUoM7jfdJp/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.26.26%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>The Bicycle</i>, Lorraine Gotlib.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For every show the guild makes a raffle quilt, seen below. Sadly I didn't win this wondeful quilt, as it's one of the best raffle quilts I've ever seen.</span><br /></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUny033Nnhzkj7e2sWoJ9Bm4_q6OhqZoJ9gL-GDQluD6wdR_r1vF4yyOmSSvAnzWX53tVFWD-GYxcm-UxGywtCxZdeQrwAREgwW1fcTaIXhi-je68PXdfNkvD_X5xm5CT7LSi1US1yo01l6KydhIE4VIfEFmRZf9C_LS3g3KTkEmWer4icM3oSJaZR/s760/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.21.42%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUny033Nnhzkj7e2sWoJ9Bm4_q6OhqZoJ9gL-GDQluD6wdR_r1vF4yyOmSSvAnzWX53tVFWD-GYxcm-UxGywtCxZdeQrwAREgwW1fcTaIXhi-je68PXdfNkvD_X5xm5CT7LSi1US1yo01l6KydhIE4VIfEFmRZf9C_LS3g3KTkEmWer4icM3oSJaZR/w341-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.21.42%20PM.png" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Snowdrops</i>, the raffle quilt.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, a cheerful little applique quilt with a little house and tree motif which just made me smile. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What a great quilt show!</span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1MIpMO3LAlpmeUGH0NaD3V6BT5hNidjEpfwcLDZHHI0u2h4kMuUPQoY_Yu16eFfVvZ0F-gOP5uhp0u_pfmp-EjQbsA8piYM_Kqwz5AaKseJYbSdbuNDw-WCbVxsS7dMPD7eDh0yha_N8qQTMFPiVgzfJz5h97KhzpaSBHlb9E9n8yNzYCwAOgnh1/s761/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.24.50%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1MIpMO3LAlpmeUGH0NaD3V6BT5hNidjEpfwcLDZHHI0u2h4kMuUPQoY_Yu16eFfVvZ0F-gOP5uhp0u_pfmp-EjQbsA8piYM_Kqwz5AaKseJYbSdbuNDw-WCbVxsS7dMPD7eDh0yha_N8qQTMFPiVgzfJz5h97KhzpaSBHlb9E9n8yNzYCwAOgnh1/w299-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.24.50%20PM.png" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Temecula Sampler,</i> Bryn Macy Wood.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYg-Z2hw5Jm8jIL98mLkQGbHoiVByVi6-g0BNEZn1ewlHbNFQGeEQEdm9JmkCz7wUzUq3f8kdZ81s30JsqvEa0QKwquyLzqkN9O6PXTBXiZapBJ4oUEtit8pmzF3IPscdFy7f75hfKHdm-98Y04cYxYhrMcz7wMNSk_14w1FUPpUyBTVL5GRlVGiHl/s651/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.25.11%20PM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="651" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYg-Z2hw5Jm8jIL98mLkQGbHoiVByVi6-g0BNEZn1ewlHbNFQGeEQEdm9JmkCz7wUzUq3f8kdZ81s30JsqvEa0QKwquyLzqkN9O6PXTBXiZapBJ4oUEtit8pmzF3IPscdFy7f75hfKHdm-98Y04cYxYhrMcz7wMNSk_14w1FUPpUyBTVL5GRlVGiHl/w400-h399/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%206.25.11%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, the word "Quinobequin" - it's the Native American name for the Charles River, and it means "meandering river". Needham is bordered to the east and south by the River.</span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-15146534072807377782022-09-19T14:25:00.000-04:002022-09-19T14:25:01.651-04:00Queen Elizabeth II: Tributes in textiles<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj922UJHR-uSWHFbKOuvfGlXzHeR-CWaxSb3A2MM61dpqEVeXsFcz7QRH5S3ZpwPEp0zC6w2rvkMYInVfP3fyQOjg8rdTo7fZkBzy0rbJFB3-FRgYQnUezxwYmt5RBCqokHo0fBUQhEKf2lPQnvhy8V1SDV2FW5ivE_Ac7XmQWsqTjaBSulEGyb1lAx/s401/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-19%20at%201.40.38%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj922UJHR-uSWHFbKOuvfGlXzHeR-CWaxSb3A2MM61dpqEVeXsFcz7QRH5S3ZpwPEp0zC6w2rvkMYInVfP3fyQOjg8rdTo7fZkBzy0rbJFB3-FRgYQnUezxwYmt5RBCqokHo0fBUQhEKf2lPQnvhy8V1SDV2FW5ivE_Ac7XmQWsqTjaBSulEGyb1lAx/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-19%20at%201.40.38%20PM.png" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tammis Keefe handkerchief, 1950's. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like many folks around the world, I respected and admired Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and awoke a bit early to watch her funeral this morning. There were tears.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The lifecycle event at the beginning of her reign, her coronation, was also televised, and celebrated with pomp, ceremony, and souvenirs. Commemorative textiles were very popular, including scarves and handkerchiefs. Although I haven't been able yet to find documentation, I believe these two handkerchiefs, from my collection, were produced as souvenirs of the coronation of the young queen. The central image of the hankie above certainly resembles the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_State_Coach"> Gold State Coach</a> and the crowns in the corners evoke the silhouette of <a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-crown-jewels/#gs.cd81nf">St. Edward's Crown</a>, worn during the coronation.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below, a silk pocket square again depicts the crown and the golden coach, in addition to London Bridge, yeoman of the guard, and The Tower.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="398" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD39U0xwcVmMQD1_3g1J14zD32eYn-eK7ze0kfKTYZ5k0dyFg42p6_xM2LRVTT3SWC7Oq_G6hHJ4OCAYxKw89Jx6JDO8citDAZGkJaVKqefNiKOATolM-Dk_zv9zuzzNs6hUSXiYHlfsway8HSdL4d3CxiafjWyE6iJJYswe2Z0gvtC2Vzp2tESyeQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-19%20at%201.40.50%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tammis Keefe, silk pocket handkerchief, 1950's.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></span> <span style="font-size: medium;">I'll miss the Queen's colorful outfits and matching hats - designer <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Coin-Dresser-Wardrobe/dp/0062982559">Angela Kelly</a> did wonderful work. The Queen's self-presentation and style did much to make every event special.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The person who most closely approximately the Queen's role here in America might have been Mrs. Brook Astor, who once said:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or
I'm not wearing my jewelry, then the people feel I'm talking down to
them. People expect to see Mrs. Astor, not some dowdy old lady, and I
don't intend to disappoint.</i> <br /></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Queen never disappointed us.</span><br /></p><p></p>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3970730972665694044.post-11612699944428940322022-09-16T11:04:00.002-04:002022-09-16T11:04:28.802-04:00Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawMZnQf7kvAnGpnE2z7vyAojD6ocWRgQUn_AnMedtuJ9TRqcfxif-wc8jjNOYI1y59UhG_-jYYcTcZB4aBov7qKhJ9L-wkMmvZMtS5NpePIBUcFwgFHFnDp_YLPZ98FetJp9NHFY9szEEEaJgI1NpgJDK2woNp9wej7D6b-ULpL8BEszqsE1jc_3o/s872/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-16%20at%209.26.47%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawMZnQf7kvAnGpnE2z7vyAojD6ocWRgQUn_AnMedtuJ9TRqcfxif-wc8jjNOYI1y59UhG_-jYYcTcZB4aBov7qKhJ9L-wkMmvZMtS5NpePIBUcFwgFHFnDp_YLPZ98FetJp9NHFY9szEEEaJgI1NpgJDK2woNp9wej7D6b-ULpL8BEszqsE1jc_3o/w266-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-16%20at%209.26.47%20AM.png" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cover image.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've just finished <i>Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World</i>, by British writer Victoria Finlay. The book, published this year, was a gift from a dear friend, and was well-reviewed in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/books/review/fabric-victoria-finlay.html?unlocked_article_code=gEM71_MH4GpXfuLs4jFm5slztsvgzgZqyNQYG2Ib6CwJMCjhA9FjfwwvFcfrvOktDL6CMlUOeXoc12Rgcgvcv4Z6TGZAqqe9Qmh5ApCz3QoyDaNxd6B-rjUkAHBVgiB7VvFmMEADyHQC00nhWO6CtfTAQxk50tqi_zi-TwH2G9i4LR-EfmHryL7KlW3306Su7JOcpzPuobCUoBLBiCETZFOoLZ4qg45Rh6hdaIWt4mQsBMZQiFenN0l8L9igLZhI6p_25l4AQCvxmrh-uj2_iMQ0RU5tBZBhvUUYVRMaRNxm5LHjcWuZZS8f9XFVGRP_1Gp70TCxwgvjBTUZ5vNyBDvFRk-5&smid=share-url"><i>New York Times</i></a>.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finlay divides the book into chapters by fiber or fabric type, including wool, tweed (a type of woolen fabric), silk, etc. A chapter entitled "Imagined Fabrics" covers fibers, such as polyester, made from hydrocarbons. I love maps and the book includes several so the reader can follow the geography of fiber sources. There is also a short, informal glossary right at the front of the book, in case terms such as<i> heddle</i> and <i>selvedge</i> are unfamiliar, and eight pages of color images. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finlay is quite adventurous and through a combination of perseverance, connections, and just plain luck manages to get to remote areas of Papua New Guinea to observe and document the making of barkcloth, a traditional material crafted from the inner bark of young <i>Broussonetia papyrifera</i> trees. In other chapters Finlay tries her hand at backstrap weaving in Guatemala and quilting in Gee's Bend, Alabama. Accompanying her on her travels is part of the fun.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book interlaces cultural history, science and technology, and politics, and Finlay refers to her book as a kind of patchwork - </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">she and her mother had planned to create a patchwork quilt together but this project was never realized due to her mother's death. </span>So, the book is also a kind of memoir of grieving, but is never morbid. Overall, a very informative, entertaining volume on cloth in our world.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A note on the cover image - it's a detail from a painting by neo-classicist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) entitled <i>Penelope and the Suitors</i>, in the Aberdeen Art Gallery. Penelope, wife of Odysseus, works at her loom, supposedly making a burial shroud for her father-in-law, while secretly picking out the work at night. The suitors, at right, try to woo her with flowers and music, but she held fast. I've always read <i>The Odyssey</i> as a kind of celebration of monogamy; both Penelope and Odysseus had plenty of opportunities to make new alliances but remained loyal to one another.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfE-0dsNXf0A-Td0Yy6li6MHyIKf3JK7U9g6ww41yyu4FTyfY_dihPyhYEe2GZqWUl6x2tJLCdJ85OudE7EuNYxkivJ1QaCIIRMG00lpwIFnwTbuQWR6WxGa1lCBHIXFvKFbyqw0TqCq4EjnYoubsf0Wf0QrXpjGBG_brYgeYcXOLCeVFcpa05cnrk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="903" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfE-0dsNXf0A-Td0Yy6li6MHyIKf3JK7U9g6ww41yyu4FTyfY_dihPyhYEe2GZqWUl6x2tJLCdJ85OudE7EuNYxkivJ1QaCIIRMG00lpwIFnwTbuQWR6WxGa1lCBHIXFvKFbyqw0TqCq4EjnYoubsf0Wf0QrXpjGBG_brYgeYcXOLCeVFcpa05cnrk=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Penelope and Her Suitors</i>, 1912.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div>Ellen Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567011290565666405noreply@blogger.com