We supply impact foam for cases keeping your delicate equipment, cameras, guns, glass art and valuables protected. Whatever kind of foam you may be looking for, be it stock upholstery foam, bedding, sofa and chair cushions, crafts or home improvement projects, or packaging and acoustical, we’ve got your foam needs covered. We also supply traditional fabrics, new woven textiles, vinyls of all types and colors, leather, and quality upholstery products and customer driven services. Howards Foam and Fabric leads the way in providing you quality comfort and look at the best value. Howard’s has established itself as the #1 foam supplier in Upstate New York! Snyder Upholstery saw a need in our community and picked up where they left off continuing the legacy and exceeding the expectations of our valued customers. In 2016, the old Howard’s Foam and Fabrics ended their services to the community. Since 1897, the Howard’s name has been offering top quality foam products for both home and commercial applications in the Rochester area. There are differences, too-most notably that playing music with the orchestra is more collaborative than the solo work of dyeing fabrics.Howard’s Foam and Fabrics specializes in replacement foam cushioning, mattresses and bed toppers that are perfect for your home, marine or RV! Howard’s has always been there to provide quality products and professional services to the residential and commercial community! She takes the same approach to dyeing fabric. Matson says she’s always striving to find a better way to make music-a richer phrase or more interesting color in her playing. She finds some parallels between being a musician and a fabric artist. The fabrics I’ve made that I like the least are the ones that just sit there and don’t really have any motion.” “I think that has a lot to do with the flow and emotion that come when I play. “People say that my fabrics look musical,” Matson says. Matson’s background as a musician sometimes influences her creations. She says her mother supported her interests and encouraged her to experiment on her sewing projects as a child. Matson pulls out a jacket and gently fingers screen-printed images of her mother and grandmother as little girls-they are enveloped among the bold, gold pattern covering the piece. Some are the result of experimentation with color and texture. Some are inspired by the rhythm of poetry. “Each piece is unique,” Matson says proudly. “I just keep experimenting and see where it goes,” she says. Materials such as masking tape, glue, or flour paste are added to the screen before dyeing-depending on the desired effect. Improvisational refers to the non-permanent nature of the screens used in the screen-printing process. She honed her skills at an improvisational screen printing workshop with Jane Dunnewold, whose book, Complex Cloth, first got Matson interested in the art. Matson uses materials such as masking tape, glue, or flour paste-and even pine needles-to the screen before dyeing. Inside the second-floor studio in Matson’s Honeoye Falls home hang dyed pieces of many sizes and colors, as well as completed jackets and scarves. She’ll be talking about her passion for creating the unique fabric pieces as a speaker in the Memorial Art Gallery’s Hidden Passions, a monthly series that celebrates the hobbies and creative lives of Rochesterians. Matson is principal violist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and an associate professor of orchestral repertory at the Eastman School of Music. These days she finds a creative outlet in making colorful artisan-dyed fabric and garments-something she’s been doing for about 15 years. She learned to sew at a young age, and looked forward to family trips to Britex, a fabric store in San Francisco where she would “bask in all the fabrics.” She followed along when TV’s Captain Kangaroo brought out his shoe box full of craft supplies and embarked on a new project using a milk carton or another found object. Growing up in northern California, she made forts in the walnut trees on her family’s property. Melissa Matson ’78E, ’80E (MM) has always liked to “make stuff.” She’ll be joined by biophysics doctoral candidate Karl Smith, who will discuss his 10-cent story project. Melissa Matson is one of two featured speakers at the Memorial Art Gallery’s Hidden Passions event at 7 p.m.
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