Amazing Woven Art

I have been sorting through my old photos to support the NARBC's effort to display historical events at the next convention.   I saw this old photo of myself displaying a woven art that was a part of the prizes for the Best In Show at the 1990 Angora National Show at Ventura, CA.     This woven art piece is made of 100% Angora in a Indian style rabbit pattern.  The colors are black and white.

The other side is exactly the same rabbit pattern but in reversed colors.  It is so well-made, so pretty, to call it art is definitely appropriate.   Who is the artist?  I don't know.   I was so excited by the win and all the wonderful prizes, I did not remember to ask and to thank the artist.  

This beautiful woven art piece has been hanging on our wall for the last 35 years, only recently taken down due to the cleaning of the wall.    The piece is still in perfect shape, no blemish, no discoloration.   

The photos of the two sides are taken just now, you can see all the details.

If you are curious which rabbit received the honor of the Best In Show at the 1990 Angora National, here she is: Chu's Star Jasmine.    Her coat was nice but of course it's not as big as what we see today.  The show was held in the spring of 1990, just a few months after we learned the method of using a blower to groom.  As some may recall the first time the blower appeared in a show was durng the 1989 ARBA convention at Tulsa, OK.     Believe it or not, Star Jasmine won the show less than 4 months after she gave birth to a litter, one of her sons won the white junior buck class.  And by the way, in the 1980s and 1990s, it was not uncommon to have 10-30 English Angora in each class, it is typical to have over 100 in the breed in local shows.  Being an Angora National, there were about 180 English Angoras competing in the breed.

Here is Star Jasmine wearing her "crown" that is a real silver and genuine turquoise bracelet, I still own it and wear it once a while.    The turquoise and Indian style rabbit pattern in the woven art are a consistent theme, the bracelet more than likely was donated by the same person who made the beautiful woven piece.