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Hawthorne School Kimono Vest |
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This
Kimono Vest was made using
fabric hand woven by 2nd grade students of Hawthorne School in
Bozeman MT
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The vest was made as part of a second-grade project for the school's annual art auction. Every year each grade does up to three items for the auction, proceeds are used to fund artist-in-residence programs. In April and May 2000, Mrs. Bickle's second grade class was interested in fiber art. The students wove ( on a floor loom) fabric that was used in the vest (see the multicolored chenille on the front and back, dyed and crinkled the brown-silk and the velvet, and stamped the front band and the lining using your stamps. The vest and scarf (not shown) sold for well over three hundred dollars! We were in charge of the weaving and the garment construction.
Susan
Capalbo and Mary Bartlo
Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Economics
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717