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TF 3/98 Textiles on the Internet

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Most of the articles are presented with complete contact addresses.
TF 3/98: 56 pages, 24 high quality colour pages, A4 format (German edition: 64 pages)

Textiles on the Internet

Who currently uses the Internet? - Internet users in Western Europe
Textile Forum magazine on the internet
The European Textile Network

by Dietmar Laue

Important information about textiles on the internet, by Helle Abild
(66 links to textile-related websites)

The internet - A medium for textile artists, by Helga Berry
(The International Tapestry Network: ITNET 4 Virtual Show ‘Tapestries 40/100’)

http://WWWhat do I do to get on the internet?, by Boris Rubarth

Textile printing - Totally digital, by Helle Abild

Digital image databases in museums, by Beatrijs Sterk

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Preview of events

Calendar of international events

Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar. For the fourth quarter of 1998, 214 current exhibitions are listened, 44 specialized meetings resp. further educational opportunities and 16 competitions.

Calendar of ‘Regional’ Events

The German edition of TF 3/98 has a calendar of more than 70 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions and fairs/markets in German speaking countries.

Some selected event previews

Two fairs, six contests and eleven specialized further educational opportunities resp. specialized meetings are noted in detail, with their entry, submission resp. application conditions, dates and complete addresses.

Exhibitions - Detailed and/or illustrated articles

‘Change and Growth’ - Five artists of the New Fibre Art group, from 28 September to 2 October 1998 at Norton Priory Museum in Runcorn/UK

Precolumbian Textile Art, until 30 October 1998 at ‘Ethno-Textilgalerie’ in Bremen/D

European Crafts Prize, exhibition from 21 September to 17 October 1998 at Palais Harrach in Vienna

‘9 x 9 x 3’ - Exhibtion of the Textile Study Group, from 19 September to 18 October 1998 at the American Craft Museum in New York

‘The Textile Route’ - Exhibtion of European textile artists, from 5 to 24 October 1998 at the UNESCO Headquartes in Paris

Luis Acosta: Textile wall objects and jewellery, from 10 September to 10 October 1998 at ‘Galerie Hipotesi’ in Barcelona

‘Clothes of the Bride’, until 31 October 1998 at the ‘Stedelijk Modemuseum’ in Hasselt/Belgium

6th Anchor Award for European Emboidery Design ‘98, exhibition from 25 September to 8 October 1998 in Baden-Baden/D

Dutch Costume, from 28 August to 1 November at ‘Nederlands Openluchtmuseum’ in Arnhem/NL

‘Five Women’ - Pioneers of Dutch textile art, from 26 September 1998 to 17 January 1999 at the textile Museum of Tilburg/NL

Textile Art from Italy, from 10 to 30 October 1998 at the Grigoletti Art Centre in Pondenone/Italy

Gianni Versace, exhibitons at three locations in Como, until 2 October 1998

Fukumoto and Dyrenforth, exhibition from 1 to 20 October 1998 at Studio COM in Kyoto/Japan

Koromo - Fabrics between two worlds, fabric designs and fashion designs by Jürgen Lehl/Japan, from 25 September to 20 November 1998 at the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne

Danish Tapestry 1998, from 16 September to 2 October 1998 at ‘Kunstindustrimuseum’ in Copenhagen

Gertraude Pohl: ‘Flowering Landscapes’, from 9 September to 29 October 1998 at ‘Galerie Ost-Art’ in Berlin

European Textile Design of the Twenties, from 12 September to 15 Novemeber 1998 at ‘Städtische Kunstsammlungen’ in Chemnitz/D

Bauhaus Weavings, from 15 September 1998 to 31 January 1999 at ‘Bauhaus-Archiv’ in Berlin

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Reports

Special Reports

13th Surtex Design Fair in New York, by textile designer Susanne Frischmuth

The National Museum of the Textile Industrie in Sliven/Bulgaria - An introduction by the curator Nezabravka Petrova

The Makowski LAD Warszawa Weaving Workshops, report by Dariusz Makowski from Warszawa

The Textile and Costume Museum of Barcelona - An introduction by director Rosa Maria Martín i Ros

‘Six weeks at the Lisio Foundation, Jacquard weaving school near Florence; report by Carol Westfall

East-West cultural exchange - A scheme by the Swiss Pro Helvetia Foundation; experiences in L’viv/Ukraine by Hannes Schüpbach

Reports of selected events

The Tournai Triennial - A Swedish version, report on a completed exhibition in Gothenburg, by Marianne Erikson

World Textile Congress: Industrial, technical and high performance textiles, at the University of Huddersfield; report by Jutta Stahlhacke

Blaas Leinen - A remarkable manufacturer of linen fabrics celebrated their 125th anniversary, report by Dietmar Laue

The Voice of Korea - Textile exhibiton in Lodz/Poland, by Anna Kim

‘World Quilt ‘98’ in Japan, report by Ursula Rauch

The Smirnoff Fashion Competition - International finals in Berlin

‘98 Admiraly Needle’ - International Fashion Prize in St. Petersburg

The Triennial in Lodz and other events, a detailed report by the Mexican textile artist and lecturer Yosi Anaya

2nd International ‘Scythia’ Textile Symposium in Kherson/Ukraine, personal impressions by Joachim Blank from Berlin and by François Blommaerts from Belgium

Moldovan textile artists are ready for action, report by Georgetta Fondos, a.o. about the foundation of the ATEX artists’ association

‘Magical Garden’ and the new ‘Flower Edition’ by Vorwerk; report on a multimedia event with Robert Wilson in Hannover’s Baroque Gardens, by Beatrijs Sterk

Anka Kröhnke: Art in buildings

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Other subjects

Book reviews

‘Suke Suke’ - Transparent fabrics by the Nuno Corporation in Tokyo, 1998

5th Quilt Nihon Exhibition ‘98 - Documentation of an international quilt contest in Tokyo, 1998

‘Indian Ikat Textiles’, by Rosemary Crill, London 1998

‘Tapis de Georgie - Chefs-d’Œuvres des Musées de Tbilisi’, text in French, Clairmont-Ferrand 1998

Brief notes

Notes of a Dyers’ Association in Italy, a lace workshop in Denmark, a new ‘Gold-Silk’ product, and a call for identification of Eastern European headdress.

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