Yesterday's Textile Museum and NE Rug society's joint presentation was a montage of a generation of young travelers and collectors who followed the pull of Eastern textiles, to collect and display them to Western audiences.
Aside from the cringe factor of wealthy young white Westerners cosplaying Eastern wearable art, they did undertake serious study, too, and became knowledgeable in their special interests. So that's what I focused on in my editing of a lengthy PowerPoint presentation.
There's the usual drawback that the presenter, whose own book is the subject of the program, admits to knowing little about textiles, so we refrained from asking questions about looms, dyes and material sources. I did make a point of including all the images showing artisans weaving. And there's a lot to enjoy here, so here goes.
And back home, I finished the sunset sock, and will start the second today.
Leaving you with the last of the flowers this morning, casting their shadow in an interesting composition, happy day, everyone, enjoy what you can, be aware of agendas!
