some eye candy for my sewing pals

Hey All,

OK. Now that computer issues are mostly resolved. I have a present for all of you from my recent trip to Iowa State U.

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and I had some time to kill while the boy was busy with stuff. So wewent to the art museum that is right on campus.
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They currently have twoexhibits that pretty much all of us here would love. ;) One is all about Japanese culture and clothing from the 18th and 19thcenturies. Some really nice kimono. I was a little disappointed at thevagueness of most of the description of the kimono. But I am going tohazard a guess that a lot of them came from third party sellers and whoknows when/where. But they are pretty to look at. They had a few cottonones (that I didn't get pictures of) most of the ones in the pictures aresilk. The one rayon one that I took a picture of is marked as such. Theyalso had some gorgeous snuff boxes, and emperor and empress dolls, and somestunning prints. I mainly stuck to the clothing for y'all though. Then the exhibit next door is all the work of Priscilla Sage. She is a fiber artist, and does just amazing things. Take your time looking at the captions on the pictures. I included as much info from the plaques that went with each piece as I could. Just unbelievable some of the things she does with fabric.

Then I threw in a couple pictures from the Reiman Gardens. 14 acres of garden goregeousness just at the edge of campus. The gardens were just beginning to wake up for the season when we were there. Although, the apple trees had little apples all over them.

I also put a couple fun shots from downtown Ames, IA. Just things that made me chuckle. ;)

Have fun!

Sharon

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Sharon Hays
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> DH and I had some time to kill while the boy was busy with stuff. So we> went to the art museum that is right on campus. >
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They currently have two> exhibits that pretty much all of us here would love. ;) > > One is all about Japanese culture and clothing from the 18th and 19th> centuries. Some really nice kimono. I was a little disappointed at the> vagueness of most of the description of the kimono. But I am going to> hazard a guess that a lot of them came from third party sellers and who> knows when/where. But they are pretty to look at. They had a few cotton> ones (that I didn't get pictures of) most of the ones in the pictures are> silk. The one rayon one that I took a picture of is marked as such. They> also had some gorgeous snuff boxes, and emperor and empress dolls, and some> stunning prints. I mainly stuck to the clothing for y'all though. > > Then the exhibit next door is all the work of Priscilla Sage. She is a> fiber artist, and does just amazing things. Take your time looking at the> captions on the pictures. I included as much info from the plaques that> went with each piece as I could. Just unbelievable some of the things she> does with fabric. >

OOOOOHHHH my how pretty. The Japanese kimomo's are yummy to look at. How could you restrain your self from touching. The Pricilla Sage pieces are also so beautiful. Love your bit of whimsey. Juno

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Juno B

Wow! Wow! Wow!!! I'm no connoisseur of Japanese textiles, but even I can tell those are fabulous And the Priscilla Sage stuff *almost* has me convinced to take up piecing and quilting. Lovely!

You are goofy with the other pictures, but you knew that. ;-)

Beverly

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BEI Design

It was a really nice collection. The embroidery on that black obi was just amazing. Wish I could have gotten closer to the black kimono to take more pics of the embroidery on there. With the low light, zooming was tricky at best. But it was scrumptious.

Here's some more on Priscilla Sage... This first link is to a photo show from the Des Moines newspaper on the exhibit I went to

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one has a cool ultra close up of one of the sculptures so you can seehow she stitched it
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one has a nice bio of her towards the bottom of the page
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If her work will be displayed anywhere near you, try to go see it. The pictures are gorgeous, but her work is just........WOW in person. The slightest poof of air will make them move, and almost dance. They almost seem alive. And then, from our perspective, the WORK that went into them is just incredible!

BTW, did you notice I left a note special for you on the pics of the purplish/blue everyday kimono?? lol

Well yeah. lol DH and I were really puzzled what a pantorium might be. You can see the sign from all the way down the street. You can't see, until you are close to the front of the place, that it's a dry cleaner. Amazingly enough though, they dry clean things other than pants! ;)

Sharon

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Sharon Hays

It was really a trial not to touch things. lol I found myself pointing out details and explaining what the different colors and symbols mean to DH....then realized I must really not trust myself not to touch because I was gesturing with the back of my wrist. You know how you do when your hands are wet, or gooey with something? lol Apparently, on some unconscious level, I couldn't even trust myself to point towards them with my fingers. ;)

The sculptures were even more challenging not to touch. You can walk right up to them the way they are hung. Nose to nose with them if you want to. But then you can't see the whole thing if you do that.

I could have stayed in those two exhibits all day long. Quite happily just wandered around all day. lol

And I thought of everyone here while I was wandering. Knew I had to share pictures with y'all!!

They'd never get us out if we all showed up there. LOL

Sharon

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Sharon Hays

Hi Sharon, I'm jealous! Iowa State is my alma mater - would have loved to visit and see all the goodies.

Nancy in Texas

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