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2005 Annual Meeting Environmental Designs Sustainable Textiles

 

 

 

2005 ESRAB Annual Meeting Pictures

 

Members at 2005 annual meeting

2005 annual meeting

2005 annual meeting
Continuing discussion among members
Members discussing issues

Sharing ideas, Drs. Marsha Dickson, Nancy Rudd, and Sharron Lennon (from left)

Discussions among members

Are the Products Bearing Your School’s Logo Made in Sweatshops? Presented by Mr. Rut Tufts, FLA, and Mr. Scott Nova, Worker Rights Consortium at the 2005 ITAA annual Meeting

Environmental Designs

 


"Haute Socks" made from recycled tube socks, by Sarah Mims, Kansas State University

"Haute Socks" back view, by Sarah Mims, Kansas State University

"Modern Drapery" was designed from recycled silk and cotton drapery fabrics, by Belinda T. Orzada, University of Delaware
"Emily's Easter Coreopsis" - cotton voil dyed with coreopsis flowers, by Belinda T. Orzada, University of Delaware

"Those Crazy Lichen" - silk organza dyed using various lichen species, by Belinda T. Orzada, University of Delaware

"Crazy Blues" - indigo dye used on silk organza, by Belinda T. Orzada, University of Delaware

Using and reusing fabric scraps for applied designs, Courtesy of Cornell Design League Fashion Show 2004

Feather Headdress, Courtesy of Cornell Design League Fashion Show 2004

Sustainable Textiles-Genopalette

Since 1988 Genopalette has used colored wool grown on their small Mid-Western farm to create scarves, shawls, and yarn from sheep that they raise using sustainable agricultural methods (Photos & story provided by Monica McMurry, Stephens College)

 


Each season as the sheep are sheared, the colors of wool are mixed to create unique colors that are minimally processed and free of chemical treatments.

Genopalette uses pre Industrial Revolution methods to hand combine and mix each seasons crop of wool to create a luminous, yet subtle, palette of natural color.

This scarf has a satiny glimmer from the natural luster of the "spun in the grease" yarn and careful attention to detail in hand weaving and finishing.

Genopalette employs rural weavers and spinners, who are given the freedom to be part of the design process and are encouraged to create items that are one of a kind.