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I've always loved textiles and clothing design. When I was 11, I designed these 1968 dresses and my Mom, knowing I needed a joint/safe project sewed them all meticulously for me. Since then a younger cousin wore them as hand-me-downs and loved them too. She even thought the next generation of her grand-nieces probably wore them and wore them out. So to our surprise she recently found them in her Mother's (my aunt's) closet and returned them all to me :>)) This eases the pain of turning 60 today (somewhat)!!
Tullie Textiles group meets on the second Sunday of the month at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery between 2-4 pm. Each month we see a different object from the collections and I demonstrate a different textile skill or technique. The group is free to attend. June: Beaded Buttons
We also had a selection of work from a participatory project run by artist Carol Parker called 'From Lincolnshire and Back.'
Maya backstrap loom textile designs on huipils (see below) which, although modern (1970s), evoke similar designs on women's garments carved on Late Classic stone monuments and plaster panels during the Late Classic 1200 years ago. The simplest triangle designs, like several shown in this batch, could easily be popular traditional designs copied and learned by rote by Maya weavers that originated at the height of Maya Late Classic culture 600-700 AD. Chip Morris even discovered a maya date coded in the design of a 100 year old huipil from Chamula, Chiapas.
General information: Maya huipils are traditional, hand-woven tunics that encode a complex, visual language reflecting the weaver’s identity, community, and cosmology. They function as wearable history, using specific colors, geometric patterns, and motifs to signify regional origin, marital status, social standing, and deep, ancestral connections to nature.
Key Information Coded in Maya Huipils
Regional and Community Identity: Distinctive color palettes, weaving patterns, and specific collar shapes (round or square) identify which community the wearer belongs to.
Cosmological and Spiritual Beliefs:
Diamonds/Squares: Often represent the universe, the four cardinal points, or the earth.
Zig-zags: Symbolize mountains, volcanoes, or the feathered serpent.
Colors: Red often represents the East, blood, and the sun; white represents the North and spirituality; black represents the West and death; blue symbolizes water and the sky.
Nature and Agricultural Motifs: Plants like corn, seeds, and animals such as the quetzal, jaguars, hummingbirds, and butterflies are frequently woven, representing the agricultural, natural world.
Mythology and History: Designs can depict ancestral stories and traditional myths, acting as a non-verbal communication of cultural heritage.
Personal Narrative: The complexity of the embroidery or weaving may indicate the skill of the artisan, with complex designs often known only to master weavers.
These garments, often made using a backstrap loom, are regarded as living, symbolic representations of the wearer’s soul and connection to the Earth.
Maya backstrap loom textile designs on huipils (see below) which, although modern (1970s), evoke similar designs on women's garments carved on Late Classic stone monuments and plaster panels during the Late Classic 1200 years ago. The simplest triangle designs, like several shown in this batch, could easily be popular traditional designs copied and learned by rote by Maya weavers that originated at the height of Maya Late Classic culture 600-700 AD. Chip Morris even discovered a maya date coded in the design of a 100 year old huipil from Chamula, Chiapas.
General information: Maya huipils are traditional, hand-woven tunics that encode a complex, visual language reflecting the weaver’s identity, community, and cosmology. They function as wearable history, using specific colors, geometric patterns, and motifs to signify regional origin, marital status, social standing, and deep, ancestral connections to nature.
Key Information Coded in Maya Huipils
Regional and Community Identity: Distinctive color palettes, weaving patterns, and specific collar shapes (round or square) identify which community the wearer belongs to.
Cosmological and Spiritual Beliefs:
Diamonds/Squares: Often represent the universe, the four cardinal points, or the earth.
Zig-zags: Symbolize mountains, volcanoes, or the feathered serpent.
Colors: Red often represents the East, blood, and the sun; white represents the North and spirituality; black represents the West and death; blue symbolizes water and the sky.
Nature and Agricultural Motifs: Plants like corn, seeds, and animals such as the quetzal, jaguars, hummingbirds, and butterflies are frequently woven, representing the agricultural, natural world.
Mythology and History: Designs can depict ancestral stories and traditional myths, acting as a non-verbal communication of cultural heritage.
Personal Narrative: The complexity of the embroidery or weaving may indicate the skill of the artisan, with complex designs often known only to master weavers.
These garments, often made using a backstrap loom, are regarded as living, symbolic representations of the wearer’s soul and connection to the Earth.
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Some textiles being delivered in Dongdaemun-gu, the fashion district of Seoul, Korea.
(Taken with one of my many 35mm point-and-shoots.)
These samples reflect on my mom's travel's through Africa, Saudi Arabia and America when she was nursing- hence surgical equipment. I used Calico and Cotton stained with tea and coffee as i felt it was appropriate to the theme.
Screen printed using printex and buff binder. Also printed images onto cotton, features machine embroidery.
6 day project
During the photo shoot, I snuck around with my camera and couldn't resist taking photos of all the yummy textiles that were laid about...
This pile of lucious textiles exploded out of someone's suitcase - i can't tell you how brilliant the colors were!
For this outcome I used a variety of different zips and contrasting fabrics in order to connect them in an unusual manner. Inpspired by John Galliano (Mood Board Research).