The Phillips Collection, Washington DC until September 22 If there is one exhibit on your list this summer, make this the one…soon. The movement and dislocation of humans, globally and historically, is explored by 75 artists through film, painting, photography, sculpture, clothing, collage…… from 18th c African slave trade, migrant workers in the US, Ellis […]
Culture, Nature and Diplomacy in the Mekong River Region
All forum photos by Stephen Bobb (Stephen Bobb Photography, http://www.stephenbobbphotography.com) It was a privilege to participate in Meridian International Centre’s Diplomacy Forum on the Countries of the Mekong. Set in the gracious and historic Washington DC Meridian House compound, with over 187 guests, it included panel discussions, individual talks, Cambodian and Thai traditional dance and […]
The Four Friends
A fable from Bhutan appears in Washington DC It was a delightful moment, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Streets NW in Woodley Park, when I looked up and saw a huge mural of my favorite Bhutanese story of the Four Friends… Indeed, there they are—the elephant, monkey, rabbit, and bird all stacked […]
Honoring Authenticity
by Julia M Brennan The flag was flying during Hurricane Katrina, battered, wind-torn, soiled with mud and rain…..this is how it came to the conservation studio. Like many personal objects from scenes of tragedy, the context, and its used appearance is central to understanding and verifying historical details. In conservation, the central philosophy is to […]
Hari-Kuyō: The Festival of Broken Needles—Happy Lunar New Year 2019
By Kaitlyn Munro As some of you readers might recall from a previous blog (How to wash your Kimono 101,) my parents have been living in Tokyo, Japan for the last few years. My mother, a big textile lover, has had many unique adventures. One day, she stumbled upon the Hashirimizu Shrine celebrating a unique […]
Adorable Alert: Christening Gown Photos…Baby Included!
We work on quite a few christening dresses here at Caring for Textiles. However, we don’t often get to see the final result once we send these precious pieces on their way. Imagine our delight when we received a greeting in the mail with two photos of a gown we had worked on—and the adorable […]
Darn it! How our ancestors lovingly mended their clothing and how we mend today
In this blog, we will let the photos speak for themselves. We always enjoy and admire finding beautiful and often tiny little repairs in the textiles we care for, so we thought you would too! By Kaitlyn Munro Young ladies would practice their darning skills with samplers such as this one we worked on from […]
My Summer Spent Caring for Textiles
By Anni Reffsin In the early spring, I came down to Washington DC to visit my Aunt. I mentioned to her that I had read about a local conservator in the Washington Post, named Julia Brennan. Shockingly, my aunt said Julia was in fact, her neighbor. “Why do you want to work with Julia? You’re in […]
Ode to Lani – Her Sewing Box of Memories
On May 16, 2018, my mother in law, Lani Kline, died peacefully at the age of 91. During her last days, she gave me her vintage sewing box — a big pink wicker chest…on legs! Lani wasn’t a big sewer, but her mother made all of her clothes, and the box is filled with sewing […]
The Bobbinet Blog, or “Tulle Tales”
By Julia Brennan and Kaitlyn Munro Recently I met my lovely friend Claire Chen, who was wearing a gossamer tulle skirt, which fluttered around her like a butterfly. It was enchanting, so was she, and my curiosity about tulle was stirred. I started noticing the tulle explosion everywhere …… in the fashion magazines Chanel, Dior, Mango, […]
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