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Saving an Ancient Craft: Porfirio Gutierrez Returns Home - Article in American Indian Magazine
The Smithsonian’s American Indian Magazine wrote an article on Porfirio Gutierrez and his family’s ancient weaving traditions.
The Ancient Mangle of Santarcangelo di Romagna
A piece of textile history from 1633, still in use in Romagna, Italy
Jer Thorp and Infinite Weft
In which scientist and data visualizer Jer Thorp asks How can a textile function as a digital object?
Observations on Photography for Artists
Member Jamia Weir writes up a review of our recent Professional Dev Workshop with photographer Cecily Brown. Photos included!
New Iris van Herpen collection via Dezeen article
Iris van Herpen showcased her Shift Souls collection at the Musee des Beaux-Arts as part of the haute couture shows in Paris.
Viktor & Rolf Couture Article via Hyperallergic
Rather than designing couture that others would “memeify” after the fact, Viktor & Rolf designed memes-as-couture.
Crochet Through History | Article by Interweave
Interweave published a really great article that outlines the transformation of crochet through the past few centuries. Check out the development of stitch patterns, techniques and tools in western culture.
Zarina at Luhring Augustine in New York
Current exhibition at Luhring Augustine in NY features work by Zarina, on view through December 22, 2018.
Japanese Craftsman Kanji Hama and Indigo Dyeing (Article in New York Times Style Magazine)
Kanji Hama has dedicated his life to maintaining the traditional Japanese craft of katazome. NY Times Style Magazine article.
19th Century Hair Collection (article from Hyperallergic)
Naturalist Peter A. Browne assembled the greatest hair collection in the mid-1800s, which was saved from the trash by a museum curator in the 1970s.
How Sardianian Weaving Nearly Became a Lost Art
Questions of geography, gender, economics, and culture are at play in this NYTimes’ Material + Culture article. How one “universal tradition” has been adapted, rethought, and remade for the 21st century.
Wrath, Destruction, and the Supramundane
A Q&A with Niki Tsukamoto; exhibit on view at These Days LA in DTLA until November 11
Contemporary Weaving: Bringing Innovation to Textile Craft
Dezeen blog features three CA artists: Jen Keane, Kayla Mattes, and Lauren Chang (and more)
The Loom is ‘A Maquette of Reasoning’
Anni Albers combined the ancient craft of hand-weaving with the language of modern art. Her first major exhibit in the UK, on now at the Tate Modern through Jan 27, 2019.
Conscious Chatter: Outerknown + Smashing the Formula episode
Kestrel Jenkins interviews Shelly Gottschamer, the head of sustainability and supply chain at Outerknown, on the Conscious Chatter podcast.
Accumulating Mountains of Things
How do we value things when we learn to pay so little for them?
Stop Buying Crap Apparently Works
Evidence that thoughtful behavior – as in, not buying crap – is having an effect on the fast fashion industry.
Suzie Zuzek's Archive Found; Textile Artist Behind Lilly Pulitzer
Suzie Zuzek, a Pratt textile design graduate, worked as a design artist at screen-printing business Key West Hand Print Fabrics.
A review of Mary Little's work in Artillery Magazine
“Little’s work merges abstraction and figuration to politely achieve suggestion”
KCET Documentary on Four Artists and How Motherhood Impacted Them
A KCET documentary features the careers and lives of Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, Andrea Chung, Rebecca Campbell and Tanya Aguiñiga.