![]() This experience was enriching in several ways. I gained new respect for the skill and physical labor involved in weaving, and the fact that women worldwide have been charged with this incredibly taxing and important task for thousands of years. As you can see (below), my interest was in interweaving two colors of yarn. Using the provided tablets loaded with demo videos of knitting, weaving, crocheting, and embroidering, I got a 1-minute overview of some weaving techniques and tried it out immediately. ![]() Hands-on activities are underused educational devices for adults! We all have a bit of kinesthetic learner in us. This was the perfect way to solidify some knowledge of the weaving process. My absolute favorite part of the show, however, is the DIY weaving station (above detail below). The wall graphic of a thread connecting the exhibition exponents is a good idea, although I admit I only noticed it too late-among other things, it visually links demo videos to otherwise inscrutable woolworking devices which I noodled over a while before realizing that the explanation was just a step away. (The puns just won't stop!) I quite liked the rack of woolen knitwear hung from the ceiling (above) as a way to invigorate the space and use that lofty ceiling. The exhibition turned out to have several tricks up its sleeve. Luxury textiles in the ancient Mediterranean are one touchstone of my book-in-progress and textile production as a female activity is a current focus of my gender studies research, connected to my role as Women's Representative in two departments. I was eager to see it primarily because the subject seems a hard sell for the public how can it be presented in a lively way? Secondly, cloth culture looms large (ha!) in both of my main projects right now. ![]() Berlin's Museum of European Cultures (Museum Europäischer Kulturen), whose ethnographic collections spread over an impressive range, currently has an exhibition on wool.
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