"The Shining Cloth: Materials and Meanings"
with Victoria Z. Rivers, Professor of Design
University of California, Davis

     Professor Rivers has taught in the design program at UC, Davis since 1980.  She is engaged in textile research ranging from the producing and exhibiting of dyed and embellished textile artworks, to researching and publishing subjects on South and South East Asian textiles and curating exhibitions. Her book,"The Shining Cloth," concerns textiles used by cultures throughout the world to augment their social and ritual lives.  Her book examines these phenomenon, emphasizing the use of embellishments such as gold and silver, metals, sequins, beads, mirrors, shells, feathers and other materials.