Catherine Ellies, Information and Resources for Natural Dye

 

https://blog.ellistextiles.com/

Catharine Ellis has been a weaver and a dyer for over 40 years. After three decades of teaching the Fiber Program at Haywood Community College in NC she is now dedicated to studio work, focusing on natural dye processes. She also does specialized, selected teaching, in the U.S. and internationally. Recent projects include teaching natural dyeing in Guatemalan through Mayan Hands.

Catharine is the originator of the woven shibori process and author of the instructional book, Woven Shibori (Interweave Press, 2005). Her textile work is shown extensively in exhibitions and shows. She is currently working collaboratively with the Oriole Mill in NC to produce specialty Jacquard fabrics.

Catharine is actively involved in the Surface Design Association, the World Shibori Network, and is a founding member of the Southeastern Fiber Educators Association. She has served on the boards of Penland School of Crafts and the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design and established the Western North Carolina Textile Study Group in 2012.

Website: https://www.ellistextiles.com/about/

Black Dolls, Exhibit, New York Historical Society, 2022

Black Dolls explores handmade cloth dolls made primarily by African American women between 1850 and 1940 through the lens of race, gender, and history. The exhibition immerses visitors in the world of dolls, doll play, and doll making while examining the formation of racial stereotypes and confronting the persistence of racism in American history. It features more than 100 cloth dolls, alongside dozens of historical photographs of white and Black children posed with their playthings and caregivers. A coda explores 20th-century commercial dolls marketed to a broader audience of Black families seeking to instill pride in their children. Through these humble yet potent objects, Black Dolls reveals difficult truths about American history and invites visitors to engage in the urgent national conversation around the legacy of slavery and race.

Curated by Margaret K. Hofer, vice president and museum director, and Dominique Jean-Louis, associate curator

https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/black-dolls-0

 

Maria Lai, Artist, Italy, b. 1919, d. 2013

Source:

https://threadwritten.com/journal/2022/10/7/maria-lai?mc_cid=30eb6687b6&mc_eid=2ffa476682

 

Anne Wilson, Artist, American

 

LOST is about the loss of the physical body; about mortality. The displaced hair is lost, separated from the body, graduated over a large cloth that may reference something like a garment or a curtain, gathered and draped over a chair.

More to see. 

Artist Website:

https://www.annewilsonartist.com/hair_archived/anne.4.html

Luisa Rabbia, Artist, Italy

 

https://luisarabbia.com/work/

"Though Luisa Rabbia works in various media, the core of her practice resides in drawing." - source is The Brooklyn Rail, article by Stephanie Buhmann. Link here to read.

Sarah Mead Leonard, "Morris's Imperial and Environmental Materials: A Study in Indigo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2rLjDgw9Y

 

Dr. Sarah Mead Leonard presents her paper "Morris's Imperial & Environmental Materials: A Study in Indigo," discussing the indigo used to create Morris's textiles. A question and answer session follows. Originally presented on Zoom for William Morris Society US members and registered guests on William Morris's 187th birthday, March 24, 2021. Please note the video is fully captioned.

Warner Textile Archive, United Kingdom

A few examples. More to see. Go to link below. 

https://warnertextilearchive.co.uk/products/claremont/

 

Textile Society Databases

The Textile Society promotes the study of textile disciplines and celebrates the history and culture of textiles, both traditional and contemporary.

17 databases available. 

Go to this link: 

https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/resources/online-databases

Screen shot example from wool database.

This is called an andari, and its Muslim from Banni Cutch. [MHT] And it is what? [JG] It goes on a horse's head – like that. The holes are for the ears. [MHT] What, for festivals? [JG] For festivals.'

Image and text source link. More images and information.

https://vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/CHM/id/798/rec/23

 

Surface Design Association Blog

Link below for updated/current blog posts:

https://www.surfacedesign.org/blog/

Below - screen shot from blog.

Source link:

https://www.surfacedesign.org/raised-by-a-maker-summer-2022-sdj-out-now/

“Exposing History: Color, Taste, and Textiles” by Nikki Fragala Barnes: “Mongiovi rejoices in complexities and constraints, especially when the tensions of a site-sensitive project generate insight and restoration of the presences—the fibers—of people and their technologies… Mongiovi is in conversation with structures and spaces as her work responds to centuries of domestic living.”

 

George Washington University, Textile Museum, Database

GW is home to nearly 31,000 works of art and artifacts, including extensive textile collections. More than 16,000 works are currently available online, and new records are added weekly.

Link below to search the collection:

https://collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/

A few screen shots from the collection:

 

Blog for Textile Research Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Link to above images: https://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc/index.php/en/blog

Link to main/updated page of blog: https://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc/index.php/en/blog