In this second instalment of Living with Textiles, Christina Sumner will offer two sessions to TAASA members to view
selected textiles from her collection.
Presented by Liz Williamson to the Textile Study Group
Date: 12 March 2024
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Location: National Trust Centre
This presentation to the Textile Study Group will give an overview of the remarkable collections at the China National Silk Museum and the Biennale events 'Sources of Colours' exhibition showing naturally dyed historical Chinese silk fragments and 'Colours of Nations' symposium featuring contemporary textiles.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
The NSW Textile Study Group invites you to a presentation by Emeritus Professor Valerie Kirk. This presentation will give an overview of changes and contemporary practice in Lao textiles today.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Carole Douglas began working with Aari artisans in Gujarat almost 30 years ago. In this illustrated talk, and using actual examples, she will trace the origins of this embroidery style and offer insights into its current status both as a ‘folk' art and as a high end fashion statement.
The NSW Textile Study Group invites you to this lecture with Robyn Maxwell
Date: 8 October 2024
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Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Although centrally situated in the Indonesian archipelago, Lombok has attracted relatively little attention from textile scholars, the largely Muslim Sasaks being widely viewed as rather dull relations of their exuberant Hindu Balinese neighbours across the strait to the west.
This richly illustrated lecture will hopefully dispel any notion of Sasak woven textiles as monotonous and inconsequential. And in doing so, provide some understanding of the roots of those Sasak textile traditions that survive in Lombok today.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Frances Ergen has a background in textile design and development in Europe and Japan and has lived in Turkiye for many years, where local textile techniques became a focus. In this talk, Frances will show how the traditional craft of Turkish needlelace has endeavoured to survive, illustrated by her own Oya collection, reference books and other material.
