unfurled: expressive cloth

An exhibit  at Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1-23 November 2007. 

The exhibiting artists are:

Ilze Aviks
Laura Beehler
Claire Benn
Karren Brito
Jane Dunnewold
Catharine Ellis
Elin Noble
Sherri Smith
Katherine Sylvan
Els van Baarle .

 

These two pieces in the case above are two of my Honor Cloths. Here are some other pictures of these two Honor Cloths

This one is all silk; front, back, thread, ribbon. 

This is silk and lamb suede. The ideas behind these Honor Cloths are here.

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FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM

Carter Smith: Shibori Treasures
January 20 - May 6, 2007

Textile artist Carter Smith fills Fuller Craft with fabric, draping the Merton and Alma Tarlow Gallery with yards of his hand dyed silks. Best known for making his beautiful fabrics into unique and daring fashions, such as those worn by Aretha Franklin and Elizabeth Taylor, Smith's solo installation will feature new designs made used using Japanese shibori dyeing techniques. This exhibition includes works created over the past twenty years, which Smith says, "were too powerful to cut." Assembled here, they show the importance of material for the maker and the beauty of shibori.

Carter Smith's site.

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