September 2026 Guild Meeting

Tuesday, Sept 22nd

World of Resist Dye Techniques by Sara Hume.

There are many types of resist dyeing techniques including ikat, batik, tie-dye, kasuri, tsutsugaki, adire, bandhani…Many different methods, one simple premise: creating patterns using dye. Resists have been used by cultures around the world—from Indonesia and Japan to Guatemala and the United States. This talk will look at the range of different techniques as well as the characteristic designs.
Sara Hume is Professor and Curator of Kent State University Museum. Her research in the history of dress has focused on the intersections between fashionable and traditional dress as well as the global reach of the fashion industry. She also studies the relationship between evolving fashionable aesthetics and the underlying forces of economic and political change. She earned her PhD in Modern European History from the University of Chicago, a BA in Art from Yale University and an MA in Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Lake Farmpark, 8800 Chardon Road, Kirtland

6:00 Come and Socialize
6:30 Show and Share
7:00 Program, followed by a short business meeting

This meeting is in the auditorium. If you are unable to attend in person, the Zoom link is on the web-site calendar.