This month’s featured member spotlight is Saberah Malik, a Rhode Island-based artist who has created a unique method for forming dimensional cloth to seek a “symbiotic bond between contemporaneity and inherited cultural experiences.” I grew up surrounded by rich textiles for everyday and for ceremonial usage, some belonging to my Mughal great-grandmother. Her 1909-1910 travelogue, …
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Surface Design Association’s International Exhibition In Print showcases the breadth and depth of contemporary artists and designers working with or inspired by fiber art and/or textile-based materials, methods, and techniques. The work of selected artists is featured in the Fall 2019 issue of the Surface Design Journal, read by international artists, gallery owners, curators, scholars, and …
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Surface Design Journal’s Summer issue, “The Body Embellished“, features a new department showcasing artists-in-residence and their experiences they have while away. At the 2015 American Craft Council Show in Atlanta, GA, artist Lisa Klakulak was presented with an Award of Excellence that included a two week fellowship at the Hambidge Creative Residency Program near Dillard, GA. Below …
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This edition of The Journal is filled with a selection of textile and fiber objects of adornment from around the world, along with captivating tactile interpretations of portraiture from multiple points of view. Throughout human history, the body has been both muse and canvas for a wide range of fiber art forms. Aspects of personal …
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Liza Klakulak Capped Accumulation Wool fiber, silk & cotton thread, stainless steel; wet felted, naturally dyed indigo gradation, hand stitched, free-motion machine stitched 11 x 8.5 x 3″ (2016) (photo: Steve Mann) 1) Uncommon Threads opens at Fowler Museum at UCLA on September 11th. It features the work of SDA members- Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Helena Hernmarck, Pat Hodson, Gerhardt …
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Molly Koehn and Madison Creech Potentially Invasive, Probably Harmful Installation at Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ Eucalyptus eco-printed raw silk, screen print, eucalyptus stumps, dowels, pdf, vinyl (2016) 1) SDA member Julie Sirek’s solo exhibition, A Family Affair: Paper and Textile Work, brings awareness to domestic violence. The show opens September 8th at the …
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Bren Ahearn Sampler #1, Cross stitch 19.75″ x 15.5″ (2008) Photo: Allison Tungseth 1) Jenni Sorkin, Co-curator of Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947 – 2016, did a Q&A about this momentous exhibition which focuses on an underrepresented group of female artists. The show is on view at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel …
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