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Features
36 | SECURITY MEASURES
by Joanne O’Sullivan
Lisa Klakulak’s handfelted and natural-dyed
accessories explore felt’s age-old association
with protection.

38 | POST-COLONIAL PARTY TIME

by Dan Bischoff
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s compelling re-creations
of gentility and decadence are elegantly tailored
to be both humorous and haunting.

44 | COMING HOME TO SUCCESS

by Sally Hansell
Natalie Chanin brings new life to a former
textile town with her clothing company based
on sustainable style.
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46 | FIBER ART AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
by Sandra Sider
A stupendous discovery at the 2009 Venice
Biennale: Room after room was dominated
by large-scale fiber installations from around
the world.

52 | IN(TENSION)AL ENCHANTMENT
By Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Lisa Telford’s contemporary cedar-bark clothing
weaves together traditional materials and
techniques with intentional tensions.

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ON THE COVER: Garment from the Alabama Chanin Spring/Summer 2010
­collection and made with cotton fabric, cotton thread; handsewn, appliquéd,
reverse appliquéd, sizes variable. Courtesy of Alabama Chanin. Model: Camille
Mervin-Leroy. Photo: Peter Stanglmayr. page 38: Yinka Shonibare MBE, The
Age of Enlightenment—Gabrielle Emile Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise de
Chatelet, 2008; life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed
media; figure: 46½" x 25½" x 33½". Image courtesy of James Cohan Gallery,
New York. page 46: Ahmad Askalany, Those Who Pray (detail), 2009; iron,
palm leaves; dimensions variable. Image courtesy of Fondazione La Biennale
di Venezia. Photo: Sandra Sider. page 36: Lisa ­Klakulak, Framed, 2009; do-
mestic merino and finn/rambouillet wool fleece, cotton sewing thread, waxed
linen, plastic tubing, magnetic closure; wet-felted, naturally dyed with blood

36 wood dye (not lightfast), handstitched, free-motion machine embroidered, shel-

lac-stiffened, mothproofed (nontoxic); 10" x 12" x 4½". Photo: Steve Mann.
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Departments
20 | Creative Process
Making of a Security Bag | Knitwear Initiatives at RISD | Reverse
Appliqué

26 | Collecting
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel

28 | Practical Matters
Caring For Vintage Treasures

30 | Profiles
Shinique Smith: Bound Together

34 | Sampling
Turning the Page: A Sampling of Wearable Art in Paper

54 | Reviews

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The Art of Ceremony | This is Now | The Perfect Fit | Rowland Ricketts

62 | Travel & Traditions

Stitching Identities in Panama | Mardi Gras Grandeur
Fourth Street 4 Current & Coming 66
Letters 6 Competitions & Opportunities 72 80 | Curtains
Contributors 7 Advertiser’s Index 76 Veronica Tibbitts: American Legacy
News & Notes 8 Bazaar 76
Previews 16 Classifieds 77
on the web
Books 32 Resources 78
Exhibition Catalogs 60 fiberarts.com
Above: Twin sweater set, Krizia,1980s, Milan, Italy; angora wool; knit. •  Fiber-postcard valentine contest info
Skirt, Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), China; silk damask, brocade, satin •  More examples of Lisa Klakulak’s work from start
with silk and filé thread embroidery. Mandarin necklace, Qing Dynasty to finish
(1644–1912), China; silk cord, cornelian, jade, metal. Cuff bracelet, •  More work from our Sampling artists
about 1989, Europe; Amber resin, rhinestones. Boots, designed by Iris •  How Lisa Telford harvests her cedar bark and
Barrel Apfel and made by Canfora, about 1980, Capri, Italy; leather. Bird images of her traditional pre-contact clothing
Cages, 1950s, China; bamboo, porcelain, metal. Image courtesy of the
•  Updated exhibition and competition listings
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Photo: © Eric Boman.

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