{"id":2257,"date":"2014-10-10T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2019-10-07T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:46:11","slug":"unique-international-flair-at-road-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/10\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique International Flair at Road 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><![CDATA[\n\n<p]]>The international quilting world is no stranger to Road to California. For the past few years, we have had an association with Bohin France, makers of fine pins, needles, and scissors. Last year, one of the special exhibits, The Cities of Angels, featured the quilting friendship between Los Angeles based East Los Angeles Stitchers and their sister quilting group in Puebla, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>What is the next international group to visit Road? The Tentmakers of Cairo with their exhibit <em>Stitch Like an Egyptian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/attachment\/egyptian-exhibit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2258\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-Exhibit.png\" alt=\"Egyptian Exhibit\" width=\"518\" height=\"717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curated by international textile artist Jenny Bowker, this exhibit sheds light on the art of Egyptian tent making. This ancient, intricate craft has been facing struggles, as machines try to replace hand-made items and unscrupulous businesses copy and sell their unique designs. By hosting Stitch Like an Egyptian\u2019s California premiere, Road hopes to bring attention to the beautiful yet shrinking art of the few remaining Tentmakers who continue to ply their trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/attachment\/egyptian-exhibit2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2259\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-Exhibit2.jpg\" alt=\"Egyptian Exhibit2\" width=\"435\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally, this type of artwork used to line tents or screens covered in appliqu\u00e9 that could decorate a whole street. The brilliantly colored appliqu\u00e9 are still used today for ceremonial purposes at weddings, funerals, henna parties, or Ramadan celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/attachment\/egyptian-exhibit3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2260\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-Exhibit3.jpg\" alt=\"Egyptian Exhibit3\" width=\"403\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The artists who will be at Road to California are from Khan Khayamiya\u2014the Market of the Tentmakers in the heart of Old Islamic Cairo. Hosam Hanafy Ahmed Mahmoud and Tarek Abdelhay Hafez Abouelenin will be on hand at the exhibit to demonstrate their method of appliqu\u00e9. The amazing patterns in their pieces are based on geometry, sacred texts, and ancient artwork and convey much of the intricacy and relevance of today\u2019s world of quilts.\u00a0 In addition to their demonstrations, some of their appliqu\u00e9 art will be on sale as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please join us in welcoming The Tentmakers of Cairo and their special exhibit, <em>Stitch Like an Egyptian<\/em> this January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,28,37],"tags":[100,178,357,1278],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-road-2015-20th-anniversary-show","category-vendors","tag-applique","tag-bohin","tag-east-los-angeles-stitchers","tag-tentmakers-of-cairo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Egyptian-Exhibit.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6890,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions\/6890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}