Lecture in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 5, 2018: "Velvet, a Worldwide Passion: Handweaving Techniques of Uzbekistan, Turkey, India, Japan, China, Italy, France and England" with Barbara Setsu Pickett, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art at University of Oregon, Eugene. Master artisans weave silk velvet today at ateliers around the word. This talk will compare the types of velvets they weave, their ingenious tools and equipment, and how their differing esthetics shape their techniques and skills. Learn about Pickett’s love affair with velvet, starting with her Fulbright research fellowship in 1986/87 at the Foundation Lisio in Florence, Italy until today. She explores the silk ikat velvet process of master Rasuljon Mizaahmedov of Uzbekistan, and presents how renowned textile historian and designer Rahul Jain reimagined the Indian draw-loom to weave reproductions of Mughal velvets in Vanarasi, India. There will be a hands-on examination session of real textiles following the lecture. Barbara invites Tma/Sc members to bring examples of velvets from their collections to share and evaluate. Barbara Setsu Pickett is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art at University of Oregon. For more than 35 years, velvet-weaving has been the focus of her research and creative practice. She investigates velvet-weaving traditions and weaves her own velvets on manual Jacquard looms at the Foundation Lisio in Florence, Italy and on a 16-shaft Avl Compu-Dobby loom. She established the Fibers in Florence program at the University and takes small groups there for an intensive 3-week workshop on Jacquard design and weaving. She has received numerous awards, among them from the Oregon Arts Commission, Fulbright, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Institute of Turkish Studies, Rockefeller Foundation for a Bellagio residency and a residency at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. In 2005 she and her son Michael established Mihara Shibori Studio and create highly textured silk scarves. 10 a.m. Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Program Nolte Hall, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd. (@ Federal Ave.) Los Angeles, ca 90064 (South of the 10 freeway, and west of the 405, near the intersection of the 10 & 405 freeways.) Free parking. Admission to the program: Tma/Sc Members Gratis . . . . . Guests $10 Contact: info@tmasc.org