Textile Museum of Canada Field Trip

Last week on my Product Knowledge Class, we went to the Textile Museum of Canada Downtown.   I get a chance to see many different types fabrics and materials it was used by many designers or artists in the centuries & histories.  There were many projects and material works that i'm got really got my attention & interested it when I first saw it.   I do really enjoy my time at the Museum and experiences many things when I first arrived from it.

Here is a detail where you can find the Textile Museum of Canada (if you lived or plan for travel):

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Location - 55 Centre Ave, Toronto (Dundas St. W & University Ave., St. Patrick subway)

         City/State - Toronto, Ontario

Postal Code - M5G 2H5

Telephone # - (416) 599 - 5321

Fax # - (416) 599 - 2911

Map (Direction) - http://www.textilemuseum.ca/plan-your-visit/map-directions or info@textilemuseum.ca

Visit their website - http://www.textilemuseum.ca/home

Here a details about the works (above the posts):

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- Happy Sleepy " Braveland"(2ed post, top), Marc Ngui & Magda Wojtryra

Made with cardboard, acrylic gouache, textile, wire, gold spray paint

- Poncho Bolivia, c 1930 (2ed post, middle-left),  the Opekar/ Webster Collection, T94 DB27

Made with cotton, wool, camelid hair, probably natural dyes;wrap faced plain weave, complementary wrap weave, fringed

- Utopia Pillow (for Hannah), 2013 (2ed post, middle-right), Radiodress

Made with unbleached, organic cotton; screen-printed pigment.

-So Much Depends Upon Who Holds the Shovel(2ed post, bottom-left), 2008, Christi Belcourt

Made with Acrylic on canvas

- Quick Turn #2, 2015 (2ed post, bottom-right), UnKnown

Made with commercially women cotton and aluminuim

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1. Hood Creamery with Shabazz Covering, 2015, Nep Sidhu

A jacket made of waterproof nylon, double cotton mesh, cotton cord

Covering made of vintage Hmong textile, bead, cotton, silk, velcro

2. Tan Cloak, 2014, Nep Sidhu

Made with wool, cowhide leather, synthetic fur mixed with fox, cotton, carved antler bone button detail

3. Stratosphere Cycle Gang Jacket and Ceremonial Hood with Vintage Yemen Priestess Face Covering, 2012, Nep Sidhu

A jacket made of pony hide, lamb skin, cotton twill, cowhide leather trim

Hood made of wood, pearl, sequin, copper, aluminum, printed suede lining

Face covering made of silk, wool, cotton

- (3rd post, middle):

1. Oh ye Parasites, Your Feast Has Ended Vest, Nep Sidhu

Made with cotton, twill, silk

2. Black Constellation Gang Vest, Nep Sidhu

The outer is made of boiled wool, lambskin leather, Northern Bobwhite quail feathers

The inner is made of quilted cotton, print of a German Solar System Study w/ Sun Ra

The lower panel is made of Hmong embroidery/ block print/ dyeing, lined with denim

The chambray made of crest; wool chenille and ploy-cotton embroidery

3. The Amazing Race episode when the Natives win what was actually theirs in the first place Bomber Jacket, Nep Sidhu

Made with ploy-cotton twill, lambskin leather, woven embossed lambskin, cotton, polyester lining

- Happy Sleepy "Yuuki Flower" (3rd post, bottom-left), Marc Nigui & Magda Wejtyra

Made with Japanese elementary school backpack, cotton, silk and other textiles, polyester stuffing, acrylic paint, embroidery, velere, epoxy glue, wire, ribbon

- Poncho (3rd post, bottom-middle), Chimborazo, Ecuador

Made with wool, camelid hair, natural dyes; wrap ikat, wrap faced plain weave

- Peaceful Collaboration After the World Without Men (3rd post, bottom-right), Sujuni Mahila

Made with cotton, plain woven; embroidered