California Fibers “Points of View” encompasses a variety of fiber artists working from a myriad of approaches, each using different materials and techniques. Some artists such as Polly Jacobs Giacchina……
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…gravitate toward forms both huge and microscopic. Combining the animal and minerals, what is made by nature and components of human design, this pillaging of existing paraphernalia and combining it……
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…bridging aesthetics, materials and genres. This is not a recent phenomenon—Anton Seuffert immigrated to New Zealand from Bohemia in 1859 to make exquisite furniture decorated with marquetry that combined his……
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Solo exhibition of Carol Howard Donati’s work. Messages from the everyday: Art created from repurposed household materials provides commentary on patterns of daily life and issues of concern related to……
Read More »…ISBN: 9781644033074 If you’ve read this book, leave a comment and let us know what you think! Do you have a recommendation for a recent fiber-related book you think should……
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…previous stays. My husband, Jay Kreimer, was working on a Fulbright-Nehru project creating invented musical instruments from common Indian materials found in local markets. I brought recent warp ikat and……
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…raw materials—then thread, cloth and finally garments. We learn about linen, cotton, silk, a variety of synthetics and wool, and the effects of clothing production on the earth. Global in……
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…read this book, leave a comment and let us know what you think! Do you have a recommendation for a recent fiber-related book you think should be included in SDA’s……
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…complex webs informed by Indigenous knowledges and understandings of place, community, and material resonance…predicated on long-held understandings that art is inseparable from our lives and experiences.” (p.19) Without a map……
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…at a wide array and groups of public textile items, is clearly from the Left. The examined textiles and fiber crafted objects are often sartorial. Likewise they are entirely inexpert……
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