Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine: Even before you walk into the prefabricated steel building set in the woods off a country road, you’ll hear a muffled clacking sound. Once you step through the door into the workroom of Thistle Hill Weavers outside of Cherry Valley, New York, the noise from the electric-powered mechanized looms grows almost deafening. A peek into the weaving room shows workers, wisely, wearing ear protectors. Labeled archival boxes crammed on floor-to-ceiling shelves almost fill the workroom, leaving just enough space for several wooden floor looms.
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I have worked in a costume production studio before., but I had no idea that places like this existed. It is also so wild to think that this textile workshop is the next state over from my home. I think it is so cool how detailed and specific costume design can be. The fact that they get custom fabrics made to replicate fabrics worn in the time period that the piece takes place in is so cool and it really gives an inside look to what the past was like for the audience. It definitely would contribute so much to the world and the look of the show which we might not even notice Consciously. I also enjoyed hearing about goodies upbringing. I think that hand weaving is a really interesting cool medium of art that I would like to try and learn more about. It is also so impressive to hear how she basically made this workshop from the ground up that has been able to grow it so much and become so successful.
I had no idea that a place like this existed, but now I’m definitely obsessed. I always kind of wondered what happens when costume designers need textiles that no longer exist and how they are able to source them. This seems like just the place to know for a costume designer. Goody’s story seems so impressive and genuine. She clearly has had a love for textiles for quite a while. The work that Thistle Hill has been able to create is stunning and a feat of work. I would love the opportunity to visit there someday and possibly even to be able to meet Goody herself. She seems like an incredible, knowledgeable woman who I would love the opportunity to learn from. The sheer amount of engineering and design that goes behind each fabric and textile that Thistle Hill makes is incredible. It seems like Goody has really nailed down the process by using her historical knowledge, research, programming, and historical looms and materials.
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