Holiday Bazaar set for Nov. 21 Nov 3, 2009
This season she has created clay pottery that resembles printed fabric, recalling Danville's rich textile history. "I love the market setting," Batson said. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Spin doctor Nov 1, 2009
A soap and water wash follows, and then with a brush she ll paint the sheet of silk with a textile medium. The sheets are then placed on drying racks and here s where the rooms begin to fill with silk. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Travel to Moroccan North African Ci... Nov 1, 2009
Today, it has become an important center for the textile and food processing industry. It is famous for items such as carpets and handicrafts. (Suite101.com)
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune - I... Nov 1, 2009
The textile gallery has textiles from the glorious past reflecting the richness of all kinds of embroidery. Writing implements like ink-wells, ink-pots, pen-cases on display are simple and ornate with animal and bird forms. (Suite101.com)
Spin doctor Oct 31, 2009
A soap and water wash follows, and then with a brush she ll paint the sheet of silk with a textile medium. The sheets are then placed on drying racks and here s where the rooms begin to fill with silk. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
The nursery gets back to basics Oct 28, 2009
Nora Neiterman, a New York-based textile artist, creates juvenile designs for retailers like Target, and likes her own children's rooms "to be an extension of our overall home decor." Her color palette runs to "white, soft green and accents of vegetable colors.". ToysRUs has launched a line of nursery decor called Little Boutique. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
‘Sacred Monsters’ at Tufts explores the mythical powers of beasts Oct 28, 2009
Tomokazu Matsuyama paints the mythical kirin - a blend of deer, dragon, and unicorn - in a series that melds vastly different approaches to art, setting gestural, abstract brushstrokes against textile patterns from 19th-century Japanese prints. There s plenty more to see. (Boston Globe)
Buffet's 'sage' advice Oct 27, 2009
(Berkshire Hathaway was an old textile mill he bought, whose name he kept as the name of his holding company). Nor has he invented anything, or come up with a way of making businesses more profitable. (BBC News -- Americas)
Apfel show highlights her creativity and individuality Oct 24, 2009
She and her husband, Carl, founded a textile firm, Old World Weavers, in 1952. For years, she was on the lookout for fabrics and styles throughout the world that the company could produce. (Boston Globe)
'Appearance': Andrea Higgins' fresh paintings Oct 23, 2009
Since receiving the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's SECA Award in 2002, Higgins has honed a singular tradition of flooring, pulsating "thread-by-thread" paintings of historical and contemporary textiles ... In addition to the layered textile paintings we've come to expect - "Babbitt" (2004) depicts the protagonist's drab gray and brown suits - as if his suburban secrets are sewn within - and the patterns on his couch, while "Go Fukakusa" (2009) shows the flowers of the era in rich purples... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Reno for Ward 6 seat Oct 22, 2009
He also hopes for progress on the Textile Corridor redevelopment, although a number of obstacles remain. If necessary, he said, the city might have to consider a take it or leave it offer for owners to get the former Bleachery site cleaned up. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
A Womans Nation: A new report from Maria Shriver tells us just how much womens lives have changed Oct 22, 2009
In the 50s, my grandmother was working in a shirt factory and my grandfather in a textile factory. My mom came home after school and took care of her youngest brother, bringing him along as she and her other brother did their farm chores. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Letter: Craft fair coming Oct 22, 2009
This year will be better than ever, with 100 new and old crafters alike, ranging from jewelers to textile artists to potters. We also have another exciting silent auction planned that includes the opportunity to bid on Red Sox tickets and a trip to Martha s Vineyard, along with many items from local merchants and restaurants. (Needham Tab, MA)
Bhutan: The Land of 'Thundering Dragon' Oct 22, 2009
A whole day can easily be spent browsing through the traditional medicine school, the School of Fine Arts and the Folk and Textile Museum. We checked into a hotel and quickly went out to look for local cuisine, before doing the cultural round. (India Times)
Kyneton calling Oct 20, 2009
NO. 66F CAVALETTI GALLERY Annie Smithers' front of- house manager Leanne Coates' textile and textile inspired gallery space. The trained clothing designer and screen printer hopes to be open by the end of the month. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Billionaire Wilbur Ross helps in economic recovery Oct 19, 2009
The ultimate contrarian investor, Ross built his reputation after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the resulting economic downturn that pushed dying companies into bankruptcy in the steel, coal and textile industries ... Ross even outmaneuvered the world's most famous investor, , when he wrested away bankrupt North Carolina textile manufacturer Burlington from Buffett's in 2003. (USA Today -- Money)
City bit on lure of fame and fortune Oct 17, 2009
Hit hard by the collapse of the textile mills, city leaders were looking for fresh industry to revitalize the economy. On Dec. 3, 2004, a letter would be delivered to the Northeast Partnership offering the Roanoke Valley team s proposal and plans for a Dec. 6 presentation in Raleigh. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Dell to close N.C. plant, lay off 905 Oct 14, 2009
The factory was seen as the cornerstone of the regional effort to replace the dwindling job base in traditional textile and furniture manufacturing jobs with newer and more sophisticated technology jobs. The factory had employed as many as 1,400 people earlier this year, before that number began being cut back as market demand shifted away from the factory's focus on desktop computers to laptops and other mobile devices. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
PBS' 'Craft in America' Oct 8, 2009
Bassler, who taught for 25 years at the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, draws inspiration from pre-Columbian, Andean and Mexican textile traditions, and eschews the use of technology in his work. The whimsical woven apron he displays, reading "I Weave Software," is a clue to his respect for ancient techniques and traditions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hingham 375th anniversary celebration in full swing! Oct 2, 2009
Visit the textile exhibit behind Old Derby and watch demonstrations in spinning and early textile crafts. Learn about the work of noted 17th-century gravestone carvers during a tour of Hingham Cemetery behind Old Ship Church Sat. (Hingham Journal, MA)
OCAF hosts two exhibits during October Sep 30, 2009
Shown is a plywood piece from Hyoung Seok Kim, "Curved Air." "Table d' Art: Place Matters" is an exhibition of textile works made in a variety of textile and fiber media produced by the Athens Fibercraft Guild. Participating artists made placemats to emphasize design and creativity. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Developers continue to invest in downtown Cohoes Sep 26, 2009
They aren t the only ones to take a chance on Cohoes, a city that has suffered for years due to the decline in textile manufacturing and other blue-collar jobs. Mel Quinlan and her husband, John Oberlander, bought 143-147 Remsen St. a year ago to house , a design and advertising firm. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Touching encouraged at hands-on art exhibit Sep 23, 2009
This exhibit features the work of three different artists from the mid-Atlantic region, all of whom create art out of textiles and other fibrous materials ... Anyone who has walked through the central entrance to the Pattee Library and seen the textile piece on the wall with the "Please Touch" sign has already gotten a glimpse of Laurie dill-Kocher's work ... Kocher began her art career in ceramics, but moved into the realm of textiles and fiber. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Archaeologists Find Burial Cellar In Ancient Syrian City Containing Spectacular Artifacts Sep 23, 2009
In other parts of the tomb, chased gold foils possibly used for textile or furniture decorative purposes have been uncovered. Notable among the bronze artifacts is a heavy spearhead and a dress pin. (Science Daily)
Linda Germain, Cyndi Sorenson, Satya Riversong and Marge Lind wear hand-loomed scarves and hand-made fiber bags. Photo by Ellen Sussman | Special to the Green Valley News Sep 22, 2009
Bamboo is a natural textile made from the pulp of the bamboo stalk. The fabric has been growing in popularity because it has unique properties and is more sustainable than most textile fibers. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Tunnel links continents, reveals ancient history Sep 22, 2009
In Yenikapi, a neighborhood of textile factories and seedy hotels where one of the main transit stations for Istanbul's new subway and commuter rail system was to be built, archaeologists discovered the lost Byzantine port of Theodosius. Inside the Middle East. (CNN -- World)
Plymouth Guild for the Arts 42nd Annual Art Show is a Multi-Media Event Sep 21, 2009
These and many more art forms, including photography, jewelry, sculpture and textile art can be seen at the Plymouth Guild for the Arts 42nd Annual Juried Art Show, open through Sept. 27 at the Plymouth Center for the Arts on North Street in downtown Plymouth. Gallery hours have been extended during the run of the show. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
* Last of Jacquard hand looms to fall silent Sep 13, 2009
Housing an invention from around 1800 that led to the rise of the textile industry, the LAD Jacquard fabric workshop in Warsaw prepares to shut its doors ... It revolutionized textile manufacturing and paved the way for the mechanized modern textile industry ... A weaver displays textiles made on a 19th-century hand loom in a workshop in Warsaw on Aug. 20. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Washington diary Sep 12, 2009
A semi-employed truck driver in Tampa could default on a $500,000 mortgage (on a dream house he should never have been able to afford) and a textile worker in Cambodia would lose her job as a result. The only country that seemed to soldier on obliviously was Stalinist, hermetically-sealed North Korea. (BBC News -- Americas)
Receding recession Sep 11, 2009
Merridian leases 8,000 square feet of that space to a Textile Fabric store. Merridian mixes room displays of furniture and accessories such as paintings with warehouse areas crammed with pieces some of which are one-of-a-kind and others that are part of furniture lines. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Fashionable and ethically correct Sep 10, 2009
Before working on the clothing, for which she used a water-soluble acrylic paint combined with a textile medium, Pedersen admitted it would be a challenge to keep the patterns simple. I tend to be complicated, she said, but I m going to try to keep it to a minimum. (Boston Globe)
Woman's story tied to plantation whose ruins now lie under lake Sep 9, 2009
Over the years, Hall managed a community catfish-cleaning business, performed textile and factory work in Charleston and Orangeburg, worked as a custodian for Sears at Northwoods Mall in North Charleston, served as a substitute teacher at St. James Elementary School in Eutawville and worked as an in-home sitter for the elderly. Everybody knew Julia for what she did for others, Goodwin said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
In search of Baju Raya Sep 6, 2009
The rows of textile shops here carry thousands of metres of materials with floral, geometric and even psychedelic patterns and colours. Depending on the material, it can cost from RM6 per metre upwards. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Computer program turns electronic messages into knitwear Sep 4, 2009
A designer has come up with Social Knitworking, an idea to turn electronic messages into personal textile keepsakes for friends and family ... Miss Grant studied textile design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, specialising in knitted and constructed textiles. (BBC News -- Technology)
What's on tap for fall visual arts Aug 31, 2009
This show surveys textile taste in Amish country through a private collection. Nov. 14-June 6. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
All in the family Aug 31, 2009
At the time, Al Lunsford was working at a textile business, Graniteville Co. His wife also worked there as a timekeeper. In 1981, they opened Graniteville Graphics in Graniteville. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Textile arts museum opens at Florida Tech Aug 29, 2009
The Melbourne textile artist was the guest of honor at the official opening of the two-story museum that bears her name, the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts ... Former Florida Arts Council member Norma Canelas Roth, a major contributor to the Ruth Funk Center and to the Orlando Museum of Art, said the textile museum is significant because it is the only one of its kind in Florida and, indeed, south of Washington, D.C. ... The Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Tech in Melbourne opens... (Florida Today)
HINGHAM ENTREPRENEURS: Fish prints answer to tough times Aug 28, 2009
Courtesy Photo Steves technique is to apply textile paint to a recently caught fish and then place a T-shirt on top of the fish and rub it ... Steve s technique is to apply textile paint to a recently caught fish and then place a T-shirt on top of the fish and rub it. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Coats of many colors Aug 28, 2009
Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida's first textile art museum, opens Saturday ... Brevard's cultural climate becomes a little richer with the opening of its second fine art museum, the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts on the campus of Florida Tech ... The Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts is Florida's first textile museum. (Florida Today)
Bangkok's surprising touch of India Aug 26, 2009
The golden domed Sri Guru Singh Sabha, believed to be the largest Sikh temple in Southeast Asia, towers over the area known as Phahurat, formerly an important center for the textile trade ... In more recent times, Tamils and Gujaratis migrated to Thailand in the late 1800s, trading in gems and textiles. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Wellesley resident travels to Peru for school trip Aug 25, 2009
In the highlands the group took in Cusco, the heart of the Inca Empire, and saw natural salt mines and the agriculture and textile towns in the Sacred Valley. The boys hiked, traveled on river rafts and boats, buses trains and airplanes throughout the two-week adventure. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
BELVIDERE -- AT HOME, AT WORK, AT REST: One woman's story tied to plantation whose ruins now lie under lake waters Aug 23, 2009
Over the years, Hall managed a community catfish cleaning business, performed textile and factory work in Charleston and Orangeburg, worked as a custodian for Sears at Northwoods Mall in North Charleston, served as a substitute teacher at St. James Elementary School in Eutawville and worked as an in-home "sitter" for the elderly. "Everybody knew Julia for what she did for others," Goodwin said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Museum spins textile history into great yarns Aug 23, 2009
In Lowell's mills and throughout New England, looms and other textile-making machinery like this built a rich industry ... But the American Textile History Museum, which reopened at the end of June after a $1 ... The 30-year veteran of the textile industry sheepishly admits, I kind of hated history before I came here. (Boston Globe)
Sherborn's Arlene Handschuch wins award for Silk Softwear Aug 22, 2009
Over the years she s earned numerous awards, and several of her original designs have been selected for juried shows by the prestigious International Textile and Apparel Association for its annual shows ... Returning to her earliest passion, Handschuch earned a master s degree in textile and design from Syracuse University. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Ann Dunham's batik collection on display at Washington's museum Aug 21, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " Traditional colours include indigo, dark brown and white, which represent the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Some regions of Indonesia have their own unique batik patterns such as flowers, animals or people. "White in the East was associated with pregnant women. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Rustic fare is high art on top of Mount Greylock Aug 19, 2009
Parsons is a textile designer in charge of lodge renovations and a naturalist who will landscape the grounds with both common and rare plants native to this altitude. If you spend the night or drive up the mountain very early, breakfast is a particular treat (pastries and hot beverages are included in the room price, but visitors may call ahead, then drive or hike in). (Boston Globe)
Chattanooga Reinvents Its Downtown Aug 17, 2009
Textile mills that had turned out clothing for a century cut more than half their jobs, while paper manufacturing lost a fifth of its labor force. Like many towns over the past 20 years, Chattanooga leaders have dismantled their inner-city industrial infrastructure, replacing warehouses and enameling plants with parks, museums, restaurants, hotels, and apartments. (BusinessWeek)
It's The Journey : Marsha Hamby Savage Aug 15, 2009
- Patina Gallery - Lonsdale Gallery - Moscow Museum of Modern Art - Medieval castle of Monteverde Irpino - American Artist Magazine - Royal West of England Academy - Yorkshire Artspace - Persistence Works - Irvine Contemporary - Textile Museum. Artists To Watch. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Madoff Investor's Art Dealer Revealed; Earned $26.5 Million in Rothko Sale Aug 14, 2009
Before selling art, Heller worked at William Heller Inc., a textile firm founded by his father. By the mid-1950s, Heller had become friendly with Rothko and was an early and avid collector of his works and other American Abstract Expressionist painters. (Bloomberg -- US)
Chinese Firms Get School Uniform Contract Aug 11, 2009
While the Minister of Trade and Industry, Miss Hannah Tetteh is visibly worried about the downward trend of Ghana's textile industry; allegations that the Ministry of Education has awarded the printing of free school uniforms to Chinese companies is a direct negation of the Trade Minister's efforts ... The initiative was intended to benefit pupils from deprived communities, as well as local textile manufacturing companies ... Sources at the Ministry of Education blamed the government's decision... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth: Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks Aug 10, 2009
For two weeks only, textiles from the collection of Ann Dunham, President Obama's mother, are on view at The Textile Museum ... Early in her life, Ann Dunham explored her interest in the textile arts as a weaver, creating wall hangings in earthy shades of brown and green for her own enjoyment ... After marrying Lolo Soetoro and moving to Indonesia in the 1960s with her son Barack Obama, Ann Dunham was drawn to the vibrant textile arts of her new home and began to amass the collection from which... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Native inspiration Aug 8, 2009
When a new design is ready, it is traced onto the textile, usually a piece of high-quality silk with light colours ... Besides customised batik shirts, dresses and textile, Augustine produces batik pareo and wall decorations. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Santa Fe artist seminar forced to move Aug 8, 2009
Scott Jensen, textile and furniture designer with TS Berry Furniture in Columbus, Miss. John Palmer, president of in Hickory, N.C.; and Anne Martin, president of Anne Martin Marketing Communications, a New York firm specializing in home d;cor. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Ariza, Albert Reed & LRG Take Center Stage at 2nd Annual Style Week Orange County Aug 7, 2009
Other events will include a collaboration with Macys and FIDM whose Chairing Styles exhibit, an initiative between fashion, textile and interior design students, will be located on the department stores lower level. The second annual Style Week Orange County builds upon last years overwhelming success of the first-ever Style Week Orange County, which featured appearances by reality TV celebrity Lauren Conrad, Olympic medalist Gretchen Blieler, Adam Saaks of Ed Hardy, and others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Recession in the West Cuts Off An Economic Pipeline in Ghana Aug 7, 2009
In the first quarter of this year, AGOA exports from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States, including oil, plummeted 59 percent, while non-oil exports such as textiles and agricultural products dropped 22 percent ... As in many sub-Saharan countries, Ghanaian textile and apparel exporters have been particularly hard-hit, including some that U.S. officials once touted as AGOA poster children. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Top Ten Museums in Paris Jul 31, 2009
The Mus;e de la Mode et du Textile. The Museum of Fashion and Textiles showcases fashions and textiles from the 17th century to the present day and is located in the same building as the Museum of Decorative Arts ... The displays showing the fabrication of textiles are very interesting, and the museum shop has amazing finds. (Suite101.com)
It's Swiss history, but not as we know it Jul 30, 2009
Realising that it had to rely on trading with abroad, the country built up a food, textile and chemical industry ... Among the highlights is the textiles section, showing a catwalk of costumes and dresses through the ages, as well as shoes across the centuries. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
His designs are getting their time in the sun Jul 23, 2009
Enter the name Alexander Girard into Google, and more than 300,000 mentions of the prolific textile designer surface ... For years, there was a feeling that textile design came much further down the hierarchical order than architecture and furniture, so his work was not regarded as highly ... Also, because his textiles were only available to industry insiders, the general public could never purchase his designs. (Boston Globe)
* Textile town all sewn up Jul 22, 2009
Textile town all sewn up ... Yongle Market () on Dihua Street (}) might not be the center of Taiwans textile industry anymore, but its still the place for professional designers and hobbyists to buy fabric and sewing supplies ... Since the 1950s, the neighborhood has been known as the center of the fabric trade in Taiwan, but its economic importance has declined as textile production is outsourced to China and other countries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Edward Steichen exhibits showcase breadth of photographer’s career Jul 19, 2009
It s a mark of how actively he would engage with the world of fashion that he even executed a number of textile designs during the 20s ... There are three ads, 25 photographs for an illustrated edition of Thoreau s Walden (perfectly fine, if not much more than that), even photographs of two of his textile designs. (Boston Globe)
UMass-Lowell buy to enliven city’s core Jul 16, 2009
When the Hilton opened in 1986, it was the first downtown hotel in decades, and it became a symbol of Lowell s renaissance after a long decline as a textile manufacturing center. But times change. (Boston Globe)
Brights dominate Speaks' world of art Jul 14, 2009
"The texture he got is what I like, the sense of textile in it.". Today, he said, he sketches his idea in charcoal, then goes over it with acrylic paints, followed by oils. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Community involved in dream for The Avenue Jul 14, 2009
Roanoke Rapids is an unusual town in North Carolina Textile Mill history, writes retired Roanoke Rapids High School art teacher Tina Gregory ... To locate textile mills in an entirely agricultural county that was experiencing severe pressures in the post-war South meant the availability of many laborers, desperate for a way to support their families ... A textile museum featuring the history of the U.S. textile industry, photos and clips from Norma Rae and even a Norma Rae Cafe as part of the... (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Raymond offers VRS to 300 staff Jul 8, 2009
Mumbai has recently seen textiles companies shifting their manufacturing base to smaller cities ... The latest such case was of Century Textiles, which shifted its Worli plant, to Bharuch, Gujarat ... Bombay Dyeing also shifted its Mumbai home textile operations from Mumbai to Ranjangaon and Patalganga. (India Times)
Jane's Sew & So Launches "It's a Sew & So Summer" Video Contest On YouTube Jul 5, 2009
Jeanie creates sought-after, one-of-a-kind handbags and accessories out of unexpected textile combinations and found objects. The Sew Joe Stitch Lounge allows Jeanie to interact one-on-one with her devoted customers with whom she shares her passion for sewing. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
