{"id":814,"date":"2011-06-22T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2011-10-03T20:42:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T03:42:29","slug":"climate-change-and-silk-batiks-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/22\/climate-change-and-silk-batiks-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change and silk batiks in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/exhibits\/special-exhibits\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/maryedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Moulin-e1288207193971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moulin, batik on silk, 54\u2033 x 36\u2033 By Mary Edna Fraser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One sometimes finds art and fashion in strange places. A few days ago, I discovered this unique collaboration between a scientist and a silk batik artist. It plays into my personal interest in both hand-crafted objects and the environment. The exhibit opens tomorrow with a special reception, remarks by the artists and a book signing:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Expanding Oceans: The Blending of Art and Science&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, June 23, 6 pm &#8211;  9:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/programs-events\/?select=1731\">North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This unique exhibit features more than 50 hand-dyed silk batiks, each  inspired by aerial and satellite imagery as well as conceptual  perspectives of our environment, and permeated with color to produce  stunning visual effects. Developed as a comprehensive exhibit by artist  <a href=\"http:\/\/maryedna.com\/\">Mary Edna Fraser<\/a> and scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book.php?isbn=9780520268722\">Orrin Pilkey<\/a>,* the collection explores  major elements of global climate change, from melting ice sheets to  rising seas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More information on this unique collaboration between science and art can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/exhibits\/special-exhibits\">North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maryedna.com\/gallery\/batiks\/our-expanding-oceans\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maryedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Selenga_Delta-e1288207032405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For more of Mary Edna Fraser&#39;s Expanding Oceans series, click this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>*Full Disclosure: Please note that Orrin Pilkey is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0520268725\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=fashhistandwo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0520268725\">The World&#8217;s Beaches<\/a> from UC Press, my employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This unique exhibit features more than 50 hand-dyed silk batiks, each inspired by aerial and satellite imagery as well as conceptual perspectives of our environment, and permeated with color to produce stunning visual effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,37,4,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}