Still raining, Cherty Blossoms, and the Textile Museum
Sunday was equally not very nice weather, the rain today seemd to be coming sideways as it does n a hurricane—but bitterly cold.
I made my way to the conference stopping to walk through City Hall and its surround yard/garden.
I tried to get photos of what I thought might be cherry blossoms.
And here is my closeup.
Taking photos with freezing wet fingers is obviously not something within my skill set.
City Hall was bordered on three sides by a fancy wrought iron fence with interesting entrances.
I found entering to be a bit of a tight squeeze particulary since I had that jam-packed backpack on my back.
The conference concluded with a fantastic fashion show of bojagi, a Korean wrapping technique. All of hte pieces were kimono forms and made from silk; some had printed images on the silk.
Once again the weather was dreadful but I determined I was going to not spend the afternoon in my hotel room. Fortunately the Textile museum was only a block away.
The second floor is a curated gallery of work by various artists/makers. I took a lot of photos and watched all the videos.
With textiles there is an urge to touch—and I so wanted to pick this one up and look at the underneath of the embroidery.
I found the documentray of Afghan rug construction interesting—with all the story telling details.
I ran our of space on the SD card at this pont—and luckily had a second (and third) in my pocket. Those images are for tomorrow.
Sylvia Weir Art 