…Manhattan Gallery, New York. Image credit: Amy Congdon, Brooch from Biological Atelier SS 2082 ‘Extinct’ Collection, 2014; embroidery, acetate scales, silicone, glass crystals. Courtesy of the designer. Photo Credit: www.lornajanenewman.com……
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…objects that are exchanged, and further complicates questions about how and commodities are inextricably intertwined with identity, heritage and place. Concluding with Aram Han Sifuentes’ work locates textiles in the……
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…attended as individual workshops or as an on-going series. The workshop program will start with basic printmaking techniques and advance to mastering complex multiple imaging/overprinting relationships and techniques. The techniques……
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…man upon nature. Her work is not meant to be a tongue twister but rather an eye opener as she spins a cautionary tale with each of her narrative sculptures….…
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…(via Hyperallergic). 2) Nora Fok’s work combines jewelry design with textile art in her science and math-inspired wearable artworks (via Colossal). 3) “Med student stitches unique study aids” by Gretchen……
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…with a slide presentation about the history of raised work, and there will also be examples of more contemporary work available for study. This class will focus on the execution……
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…Best of Show Award ($700). Curator Wiggers observes that in this work “surface, material, and community come together and exemplify the social engagement focus of this year’s [SDA] conference, Made/Aware.”……
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…5) SDA member Juliet Martin’s book I Would Wear That: A Self-Absorbed Study in Non-Functional Weaving challenges the traditional aesthetics and utility of weaving. 6) A recently discovered 6,000 year……
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…and a compact shawl. I would have no need for an extra bag to check, but would probably be uncomfortable as a wearable (for me or my neighbor) in a……
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…in 19th-century America. Like many other combinations in the book, the visual impact of seeing the lyrical botanical pattern from the fabric screen juxtaposed with the bold geometric pattern of……
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