SAQA Takeover at Cornell

A small but mighty group of SAQA-NY/NJ members gave talks to a garment construction class at Cornell University. Catherine Blumenkamp graciously shared her class, their constructions, and the workrooms. Jean Gerow shows her process, I tagged a student with a printed scarf. Very fun!
 

Tapa Cloth

Made of beaten bark, Tapa cloth can be very large in size. These fragments are part of the Textile Collection at Cornell University where the SAQA NY/NJ group had a tour with associate director Katherine  Blumenkamp. It was a mind blowing tour, fabulous ideas and discussions. 
 

Textile Lovers in a Textile Collection

SAQA NY/NJ descended on the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection today for the most wonderful tour from exhibit to collection to classroom with Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp, Associate Director. Oh, the riches! It was a morning excursion our SAQA reps put together after the Friday exhibit opening. Wow, what a tour!
 

A Yard Full of Turkeys

Today we counted the turkeys in the yard and wondered if that was a sign to make Thanksgiving plans. This is a panel I saw at the Ornithology Lab at Cornell painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Fuertes painted an entire library full of panels, and they were reinstalled after the owner's death. Spectacular.

Water Scape

Passing through the Cornell Plantations is a bridge and I took this view looking down. I love the strip of dark, and the blobs of color "floating" above. Eager to translate this to fiber. Yes. Next week, when I get home.

No Ordinary Swamp

A visit to Cornell's renowned Lab of Ornithology will have this lovely swamp on view from inside (and here outside) the building. This shot does not do the twilight hour justice. But, this was the camera's limit and the photograher's ability.