The aim of this research was to minimize the damage of textile fibres (wool and cotton), in the wet processing, such as bleaching and dyeing, and also seek to reduce fresh water usage during these processes. Typically bleaching of textiles involves the application of oxidative a…
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This project investigates the experience of physiological discomfort during travel through an urban environment such as London or New York in winter. The over and underground networks that lace a current metropolis, form vital passages that lead the traveller though a multitude …
The Coptic textile discussed in this qualifying paper is owned by the textile dealer Craig Wallen. It was kept in storage due to its fragile and fragmented condition; the existing fibers run the gambit from extremely dry and disintegrating to extremely stiff and inflexible. The …
This body of work uses discarded textiles assembled to evoke personal, ancestral, and cultural memory as a form of sustenance and resistance within the patriarchal, capitalist, white supremist societal structure that we currently live in. I choose to use castaway and discarded t…
Bowdon, Georgia, has an almost century-long history related to the apparel industry. The public memory of this industry underplays the role played by Black workers and reinforces the traditional white, paternalistic ideology of the textile industry. This thesis examines the hist…
This paper documents the history and conservation of the official flag of the Protestant Episcopal Church c. 1940. The flag is now kept in the archives of The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology on the grounds of The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY. The …
This paper addresses the research done before the treatment of a printed cotton upholstery fabric designed by Liberty & Co. The striking polychrome print is a bird and vine pattern that has been marred by extensive staining and had an overwhelming feline urine odor. The goal of …