Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Woolen Clouds by textile artist Janice Arnold will float and flow through the central lobby of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, trickling into halls and stairwells like an icy breeze. …
Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Felt is considered to be the oldest constructed textile, predating weaving, knitting and knotted fabric structures. It is created through a process of rolling, agitation, and beating which causes the wool fibers to mat together …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Material Intelligence magazine, published by the Chipstone Foundation, celebrates the human capacity to understand and shape the physical world around us. Inspired by the magazine’s exploration of individual commonplace materials, this exhibition foregrounds two key …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
The power of shaping glass has played a critical role in the history of UW–Madison. Glass has enabled us to see near, far, into, and beyond. Spheres of Influence: Glass Across UW foregrounds the material …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Ann B. Coddington works in threads—living lines created by natural fibers. This material invites layered metaphorical possibilities that are not bound by a loom or a specific interpretative category. Her iterative process invites a range …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/material-intelligence/
The Work in Progress Lab in the rear of the Ruth Davis Design Gallery invites visitors to engage with materials and techniques on display in the CDMC. Feel the materials and learn techniques that transform …
Ruby Horowitz
Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/work-in-progress-wip-lab/
Come to the WIP Lab and learn how to arm knit with Design Studies Student Ruby Horowitz! In this tutorial, participants will learn arm knitting techniques and make a holiday wreath to take home with …
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Afterlives explores the many lives of objects and what happens to textiles after they enter the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. From a remarkable quilt made out of carefully saved 19th-century American cigar silks, and …
Emma MacLaughlin-Barck
Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join Design Studies student Emma MacLaughlin-Barck staff in the Work In Progress (WIP) Lab to learn visible mending techniques. “In this workshop, get a brief introduction to various visible mending techniques, with an emphasis on …
