This week, I had a wonderful opportunity to go back to my old textile sciences lab to take a walk down memory lane. Since a fire in the building (but not in the lab), the lab has physically moved to a different floor and a lot of the equipment is new, but I was surprised with seeing a lot of displays that I remembered from my first textiles lab thirty some years ago.
I took lots of photos; some are below. I think most of the display boxes must be from the 1950s or 1960s. I adore them.
I must think of a way to incorporate some of these memories into a project.
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| silk cocoons and thread |
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| life cycle of the silk worm (with human intervention!) |
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| Bunsen burners for fibre identification (and other things) |
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| lots of fabric |
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| more fabric (perhaps I can learn something from their organization!) |
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| flax plant fibre and all! |
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| a new! (to me) abrasion tester for fabrics |
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| gotta love the four-legged fibre producers! |
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| hemp, sisal, and jute for rope... |
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| can't forget cotton! |
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small weaving loom that I would love in my studio!
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The University of Manitoba has closed its Human Ecology faculty. The Textiles Science specialization is now moved to the
University of Manitoba's Biosystems Engineering department.
Those are antiques !
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert on that, but it wouldn't surprise me!
DeleteI hope the University puts them on display somewhere where lots of people can see them!