Radiance From the Rainforest

Chimu Tabard. Photo courtesy the MET

Review by Valerie Justin, Vanishing Textiles Gorgeous garments and accoutrements from pre conquest South America fashioned from the brilliantly colored feathers of birds from the Amazonian rain forests, are currently shown in the Michael Rockefeller wing of the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Titled “RADIANCE FROM THE RAINFOREST- Featherwork in Ancient … -> Radiance From the Rainforest

Review – Tent Bands of Central Asia

Review - Tent Bands of Central Asia

by Valerie Justin April 6, 2007 The opening sentences to the brochure for this marvelous exhibit reads “The trellis tent is a brilliant invention. In its present form, it has made nomadic life possible across Central Asia for at least one and a half millennia”. The trellis tent, or yurta, … -> Review – Tent Bands of Central Asia