Revisiting Embroidered Memories
Contemporary DesignEmbroideryRecycledOther Natural Materials / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTCultural diversity and collective memoriesEmbroidered Memories is an interdisciplinary project on the theme of...
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TextileEmbroideryArtifactRecycled / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTHillary Fayle’s natural connectionThere is so much to be said for the beauty of simplicity. When I make art, I strive to let the materials...
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CulturePreservationTextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTCraft Collaboration from Asia and EuropeParsi Embroidery is an aesthetic composition of pictorial traditions and an emblem of elegance....
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TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTDeborah Slabeck Baker’s Narrative ArtBefore she learned to write her own name, Deborah Slabeck Baker learned to sew. Her paternal grandfather, a tailor,...
View ArticleMr Somebody & Mr Nobody
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTAfrican Design Exported[Editor's note: "Mr. Somebody & Mr. Nobody" is excerpted from Cultural Threads: Transnational Textiles Today, edited by Jessica...
View ArticleIntimacy and Materiality
TextileFashionEmbroideryKnitting & CrochetWeaving / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTAddressing social issues via textile artsMany of today's artists make use of centuries-old craft techniques but employ...
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TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTReflections on Charles Darwin’s South Pacific In 2008, I developed a solo exhibition, Generate, for the Australian National Botanic Gardens to coincide with...
View ArticlePunjab Amalgam
TextileEmbroideryNatural DyesArtifact / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTFeeding the soulFamous for its scenic landscape, fertile lands and cultural diversity, Punjab, in the North Western region of India has...
View ArticleUnbroken Thread
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTBanarasi brocade sarisBanarasi brocade saris are richly embellished with patterns of silver and gold threads, representing the culmination of hand-weaving...
View ArticleArtisan Ambassadors
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTBringing Pakistan’s textile arts to marketRecently, during a 10-day journey discovering Pakistan and its handmade products, we were warmly welcomed everywhere...
View ArticleThreading Lives
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTTanka brings Indian embroideries to the worldThe curvilinear beauty of traditional embroideries from India is worth preserving and can only be made possible...
View ArticleEmbroidery Love
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTFinding the imageThere was a period when the internet first became exposure for textile practices where I lost myself in “mixed media”. The only thing that...
View ArticleEmbroidering within Boundaries
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTAfghan women creating a futureEmbroidering within in Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi and Mary Littrell and photography by Paula...
View ArticleGilding the Lily
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTTwo hundred years of quiltsGilding the Lily, an exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum that will run until December 30, 2017, is a diverse collection of...
View ArticleInstrumental Healing
TextileEmbroidery / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTSurviving cancer through artThere are many ways to beat cancer. I used my art to get me through my breast cancer diagnosis. I’ve been an artist all my life. I...
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