This year’s LA County Fair was themed “Art Unleashed.” Several fiber and textiles activities showcased intersections between fashion and agriculture during May 2025. A hand-woven community-based textile was created based on the leadership of apparel student Angela Becerril. The textile was exhibited at the annual Home Arts exhibit and showcased a variety of students’ hand-spinning…
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Engaging in Fiber Arts: U.S. Wool Spinning & Weaving
By Isabella Andrade, Apparel Merchandising and Management Undergraduate Student and Research Assistant Working with Wool Fibers For the past year of my undergraduate college experience, I had the opportunity to work with different types of wool materials from U.S. sheep farms as part of Cal Poly Pomona’s USDA Education research project. My first task as…
Community Outreach with US Wool, Textiles & Demonstrations
During the last week of the LA County Fair in May, I shared US wool research project activities along with my Apparel Research Assistant and recent Cal Poly Pomona alumni, Katia Quiroz. Katia was in my AMM 4630: Apparel Research project course in Fall 2021. Student projects focused on exploring US sheep and wool farms…
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