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July 19th Time and place to be announced |
"The Shining Cloth:Materials and Meanings"
with Victoria Z. Rivers Professor of Design
University of California,Davis
Professor Rivers hast 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, including the use of embellishments such
as gold and silver , metals ,sequins, beads
,mirrors, shells, feathers and other materials. |