IHBS Zoom and Webex Events Time: 6 PM EST Subject: Repurposed Cloth, Meaning Changes with Context Date: Webex Talk on Saturday November 7, 2020 Speaker: Thomas Murray The IHBS and the Designers and Artisans Textile Club will co-sponsor the program with Thomas Murray. The D&A Textile Club will host the Webex meeting and discussion on the Webex platform. Description Thomas Murray will discuss the onward journey of three varieties of repurposed cloth from Japan. Topics will include Japanese Boro patchwork aesthetics, Ainu use of trade cotton and kimono fragments in their robes, and the creative inspiration that comes from collecting Okinawan bingata sample fragments. Thomas Murray is an independent researcher, collector, lecturer and private dealer of Asian and Tribal art, with an emphasis on Indonesian sculpture and textiles, as well as animistic art from other varied cultures. He also features Indian Trade Cloths from the 14th-18th Centuries. He has placed objects in more than 30 museums on four continents. A HALI magazine Contributing Editor for the last 30 years, Tom serves as their "in-house" expert on all tribal sculpture and textiles, with more than 50 publications. He has lectured widely, including "Ottoman Influences on Islamic Calligraphic Batik from Indonesia," "Lampung Imagery, Textile Iconography of South Sumatra," and "Considering a Nias Ancestor Sculpture". His most recent books, "Textiles of Japan” and "Rarities - the Himalayas to Hawaii" were met with critical acclaim. Thomas Murray is past President of ATADA, The Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association and served a three-year term as a member of President Obama's Cultural Property Advisory Committee at the State Department. Thomas Murray continues to consult with museums and private clients all over the world. return to home page