CAMOUFLAGE: from nature to military to fashion | Artist Talk by Barb Hunt

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This illustrated presentation will trace relationships between art, camouflage patterns,

nature, and war. The origin of camouflage was its early use by hunters, who hid by

attaching foliage to themselves. Later, British soldiers in the Boer War dyed their white

uniforms with substances from nature: earth, tea leaves, and the juice of berries. During

the First World War, camouflage patterns were created by artists who were inspired by

nature. More recently Canada used computers to make the first digital camouflage, by

matching the mathematical value of a landscape’s colour components. Camouflage

designs are also widespread in contemporary culture, prevalent in consumer goods and

the media. Not only is the camouflaged soldier embedded in nature, but the prevalence

of camouflage in civilian society indicates how war itself is ‘camouflaged’ among us.

This talk begins at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 7:15

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Manitoba Craft Council

The Manitoba Craft Council is for people who love contemporary craft: professional artists and artisans, collectors and connoisseurs, DIYers and armchair enthusiasts. It’s for people who value the originality and quality of the handmade, who find meaning in making. It’s for the dreamers and schemers who seek to reinterpret the material and cultural traditions of the past through a contemporary lens. It’s for people who have to forge, carve, weave, fold, sculpt, knit. And for their friends and supporters. It’s for you. See, smell, touch, explore the myriad expressions of contemporary craft in Manitoba and be part of a community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of craft.

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