In this Sponsored Post, Margaret Winslow, Curator of Contemporary Art for the Delaware Art Museum gives us a glimpse into the history of the Juried Craft Exhibition, which was first formally established in 1958. Delaware Art Museum’s 2018 Juried Craft Exhibition opens Saturday, October 20, 2018 with a gallery talk with Juror Paul Sacaridiz at 2:00pm.
Read MoreThe textiles on view betray a range of technical skill in both the stitchery and designs. Some show a sophisticated ability to render forms and were obviously transferred from patterns, while others seem to have been made up as the embroiderer went along. It is hard to believe that the precision of stitching in the Bagh phulkari weren’t made by professional craftsmen. There is no surviving literature that would indicate how designs circulated–indeed, there is almost no surviving history of phulkari in general, hence the significance of this collection and its catalog.
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