Tablet Weaving In Myanmar,
2016
Association of Fukuoka District Vocational Training
Tablet Weaving In Myanmar, Tomoko Torimaru
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Tablet weaving is one of the oldest techniques of expressing patterns, including script, with a warp thread. It is practiced in an extremely limited area and was considered a rare weaving technology. However, in the past it was developed to a level of highly skilled production among the people of Burma (now Myanmar). The scripts reveal the patronage of specific Buddhist believers and sometimes the provenance of the textile. The script on the belt that secures the covering on the sacred book of the palm leaf manuscript of Myanmar includes dates that establish that this type of weaving was practiced …
Importing Irish Linen And Creating American ‘Art Moderne’: An Analysis Of An Early 20th Century Trade Catalog,
2016
Cotsen Foundation for Academic Research
Importing Irish Linen And Creating American ‘Art Moderne’: An Analysis Of An Early 20th Century Trade Catalog, Lacy Simkowitz
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
During the late 1920s, a collaborative effort was launched by designers and manufacturers in the United States to develop indigenous modern decorative arts and unite art with industry. They were motivated by the realization that Europe surpassed U.S. in the production of contemporary furnishings—a fact made evident at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925, an event that the U.S. tellingly declined to participate in because it believed it could not meet the requirement of presenting new and original designs.1 The exhibition, a selection of which toured the US in 1926, became a model for the …
Mending As Metaphor: Finding Community Through Slow Stitching In A Fast Paced World,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Mending As Metaphor: Finding Community Through Slow Stitching In A Fast Paced World, Ruth Katzenstein Souza
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
There is a growing movement toward repair and mending to combat the waste and over consumption that is so toxic to our planet. The environmental damage caused by textile production is the second greatest source of pollution after the oil industry.2 In light of these immense issues that are complex and overwhelming I found myself asking; “what can I do to add to the repair of the world?” I realized that we need to mend what we can in our immediate life; to truly see what needs our attention and to assess what is broken and see beauty in the …
Imagining Conquest: El Tapiz And Postrevolutionary Mexico*,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Imagining Conquest: El Tapiz And Postrevolutionary Mexico*, Regina A. Root
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
When submitting my abstract over a year and a half ago, I had many questions of the artifact to which I would dedicate a year of intense study, the so called Tillett tapestry. I took a giant leap of hope, planning ahead with radical optimism, knowing that nothing had been published before about this subject and thinking through the material I had. Following the leads in this project became more of a Pandora’s box than imagined because its archival recovery process and oral interviews with family members and relatives converged and diverged in unexpected ways. What seemed remarkably obvious became …
The Textile Artist’S Archive: Approaches To Creating, Collecting And Preserving Artistic Legacy,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Textile Artist’S Archive: Approaches To Creating, Collecting And Preserving Artistic Legacy, Jessica Shaykett, Kathleen Mangan, Lia Cook, Stephanie Zollinger Dr., Fannie Ouyang
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The catalyst for the following discussion of the artist’s archive in the context of fiber and textile art grew out of several in-depth consultations I have had in my time as librarian and archivist at the American Craft Council, two examples of which I’d like to briefly highlight in this introduction. First, a series of phone calls from Jenelle Porter and Sarah Parrish, senior curator and research fellow respectively, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Porter and Parrish were researching artists for “Fiber: Sculpture 1960-Present”, the first exhibition in over forty years to examine abstraction in fiber art …
Engineered Ikat Textile Of Gujarat - A Design Intervention,
2016
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Engineered Ikat Textile Of Gujarat - A Design Intervention, Shohrat S. Saiyed, Reena Bhatia Ph.D.
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
India – the country of rich heritage and culture is pictured through its traditional textiles which are kept alive through generations by the craftsman and his workmanship. Patola of Patan known as a double ikat silk textile, manifests the richness of heritage craft in dazzling colours and admirable motifs, but is a time consuming yarn resist textile. It cannot be duplicated anymore, since the GI recognition is served for its products under the name Patan Patola. The low cost variants of the celebrated Patan Patola have emerged in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat since last four decades as a single …
Sadu Weaving: The Pace Of A Camel In A Fast-Moving Culture,
2016
University of North Texas
Sadu Weaving: The Pace Of A Camel In A Fast-Moving Culture, Lesli Robertson
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
As a Fulbright Specialist in Kuwait in 2015, I was introduced to a textile known as sadu, which loosely translated means “moving at the pace of a camel.“ This rich textile has been a part of the traditionally nomadic Bedouin culture of the Middle East, and is front and center in fast moving Kuwait. Hugging the shores of the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait is at the intersection of desert and gulf, a nation full of progress, forward thinking, and contemporary approaches to practically everything. On Gulf Road, right in the heart of Kuwait City sits the center of sadu weaving, Beit …
Some Of The Weavings Used In Turkish Bath In The Context Of Intangible Cultural Heritage,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Some Of The Weavings Used In Turkish Bath In The Context Of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ayşem Yanar, Feryal Söylemezoğlu, Zeynep Erdoğan, Özlen Özgen
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Hand weaving has a very old history in Anatolia. In addition to carpet and rugs, almost in every region it could be possible to see local weavings. Some of the weavings perished and others still continue to exist. These weavings which have to be evaluated as intangible cultural heritage have been protected by the geographical indication suspended license in order to protect them from losing their unique properties. Changes in the dynamics of tourism with the improvements in technology and the emergence of alternative forms of tourism, have increased the importance of local and touristic products. Turkish Bath has always …
Kashmir Shawls: The Perfect Exemplar Of A Textile Shaping And Being Shaped,
2016
Mainly Textiles
Kashmir Shawls: The Perfect Exemplar Of A Textile Shaping And Being Shaped, Joan Hart
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The history of the Kashmir shawl and its stylistic progress and appropriation by other cultures reveals that an art form can be viewed as is (sui generis), and also in a context of social life that is not always what we would like to celebrate. And because the shawls have been made over centuries, this context has changed frequently.1 The Kashmir shawl is very special because it combines: a material that is extremely rare and luxurious which we now call cashmere or pashmina, a weave structure that is unique in its region and very complex, a symbolism of design motifs …
Revitalization Of The Handloom Heritage Of Chhota Udepur, Gujarat,
2016
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Revitalization Of The Handloom Heritage Of Chhota Udepur, Gujarat, Bhatia Reena Phd., Pawar Pooja M.Sc.
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The rich and beautiful products of the weavers of India have been rightly called “Exquisite poetry in colourful fabrics.” These beautiful traditional textiles were woven on the simple loom and the technique has been passed on through generations. However, many traditional weavers have either lost or are fast-loosing the essence and aesthetics of their indigenous crafts and craftsmanship. The researcher’s concern is for the preservation and revitalization of one such handloom heritage, the tribal cloth of Chotta Udepur, Gujarat, before it vanishes from our sight was high. Snow ball technique was used to draw a convenience sample. The data was …
The Reviving Project,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Reviving Project, Noor Sami
AUCTUS: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship
When Yushan Cassie Sun arrived in America in 2012, she already had big hopes for the future. A craft and material study major with a concentration in jewelry and metalsmithing, Cassie will graduate this May with some wonderful research experiences under her belt. e summer before she came to VCU, Cassie spent time learning the techniques of three crafts- men in China. As she lived and learned with them, she realized that although her learning was valuable, there were hundreds of other endangered craft techniques in China that she was not learning—and that’s what got her interested in what would …
Ua1c11/80 Wku Photo Album,
2016
Western Kentucky University
Ua1c11/80 Wku Photo Album, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
WKU photograph album, available online at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/4210
Inclusion Is The Key: Promoting Cultural Diversity Through Historic Costume,
2016
New York City College of Technology
Inclusion Is The Key: Promoting Cultural Diversity Through Historic Costume, Alyssa Dana Adomaitis, Diana Saiki
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
The Changing Role Of Chaguar Textiles In The Lives Of The Wichí, An Indigenous People Of Argentina,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Changing Role Of Chaguar Textiles In The Lives Of The Wichí, An Indigenous People Of Argentina, Rachel Green
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Beating, spinning, and sewing fiber, a woman works to perpetuate her culture a thread and stitch at a time. While her hands work expertly and she talks casually, Carolina is crocheting a hat from a fiber called chaguar to be worn under a motorcycle helmet. She learned to crochet five years ago from a nonindigenous woman whose house she was paid to clean. Because crocheting is not a traditional technique, she only does it to sell to the local townspeople, preferring the techniques from her Wichí heritage. “Wichí” means simply “the people” in her original language. Their culture is centered …
Title: Ajrakh- A Textile Tradition In Transition,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Title: Ajrakh- A Textile Tradition In Transition, Sharmila J. Dua Prof. Dr.
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The region of Gujarat in the west has been an important textile export zone of India and remains an important source of printed cloth, in terms of both volume and quality. Early evidence of Gujarat’s involvement in international trade of colourful block printed textiles comes from the fragments found at the Fostat excavations in Egypt. These have been dated back to the fifteenth century and have been printed by the resist printing technique. The designs, motifs and colours are typical of the hand block printed textiles characteristic of the region today. Khavda and Dhamadka villages in Kutch were known for …
Dyeing With Morinda Citrifolia: In Pursuit Of Sustainable Future,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dyeing With Morinda Citrifolia: In Pursuit Of Sustainable Future, Sudha Dhingra
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Green and sustainable practices are the future of fashion. It aims to nurture the environment through effective use of resources in order to minimize the cruel impact for both producer and customer. It employs techniques of environmental friendly ways of growing, extracting, producing and processing fabrics. Fashion industry as such involves highly unsustainable practices as there is always an urgent need to get faster and uniform results. It has a high carbon footprint as each stage of clothing lifecycle generates environmental and occupational hazards. Socially committed fashion takes into account the place of production, producers well-being and conditions under which …
“Meshed With A Million Veins”: Seafaring Networks & The Norfolk Sampler,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
“Meshed With A Million Veins”: Seafaring Networks & The Norfolk Sampler, Joanne Martin Lukacher
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The title of this article is taken from a line of a poem by the 19th-century Georgia poet Sidney Lanier and is presented as an homage to the location of the 2016 TSA conference. “And the marsh is meshed with a million veins” is Lanier’s description of “The Marshes of Glynn” in his poem of the same name, Glynn being one of the Atlantic coastal counties south of Savannah. I have taken this alliterative evocation of the sinuous verge of land and sea as a metaphorical point of embarkation for a discussion of the distinctive needlework of another, more distant, …
The Power Of Color: Anatolian Kilims,
2016
George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
The Power Of Color: Anatolian Kilims, Sumru Belger Krody
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
The kilims of Anatolia are great contemplative and minimalist works of art as stated by a kilim enthusiast.1 Created by women who had a magnificent eye for design and an awesome sense of color, these textiles are prized for the purity and harmony of their color, the integrity of their powerful overall design, their masterfully controlled weave structure, and their fine texture. The kilims are large tapestry-woven textiles. The visually stunning and colorful Anatolian kilims communicate the aesthetic choices of the village and nomadic women who created them. Yet, while invested with such artistry, Anatolian kilims first and foremost were …
For What It’S Worth: The French Knot As A Basic Trade Commodity,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
For What It’S Worth: The French Knot As A Basic Trade Commodity, Jeana Eve Klein
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
For nearly twenty years, my primary studio production has been in the form of mixed media quilts. These quilts draw—both visually and conceptually—on the abandoned houses that color the landscape of my North Carolina mountain home. They are constructed using traditional quilting techniques married with digital processes and acrylic paint—a hybrid product that lands at the intersection of fibers, photography, painting and digital media. Although their conceptual purpose is to investigate the narrative past, present and future of these homes and their values, the questions with which I am most often quizzed at exhibitions focus purely on time and technique: …
Here And There, Now,
2016
Massey University
Here And There, Now, Sandra Heffernan
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
A textile installation shaped by traditional embroidery, geographical differences, technology and novel natural dye is the focus of this paper. ‘Through the globe’ [Através do globo] is the result of a six week artist in residency at Contextile 2016 in Guimarães, Portugal.1 It builds upon environmental pest invasive weed dye research, interprets ‘traditional’ embroidery illustrating the poetics of place.2 The essence of Guimarães embroidery provides the narrative along the fourteen metre length and is the physical embodiment of the antipodal link between and Wellington, New Zealand. The challenge offered by Contextile 2016 was to collaborate with Oficina embroiderers to learn, …
