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Somporn Intaraprayong
TextileNatural Dyes / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTThai creative communities keep traditions alive Having experienced a difficult childhood, Somporn Intaraprayong learned how to become self-sufficient, but...
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Textile Wonders
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTA Textile Traveler’s Guide to Peru & BoliviaOnce again, I’m enjoying the luxury of inexpensive and comfortable travel as an armchair tourist. I have no worries...
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Heirloom Carpets
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTThe traditional arts of nomadic weavingIn many Uzbekistan homes, richly colored, beautifully designed carpets act as decorative and functional centerpieces. Communities...
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Against all Odds
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTThe ancient textile arts of Iraq’s Marsh Arabs Fantastically colorful and energetically patterned, the textiles made by the artists of Nature Iraq are as unique as the...
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Phoenix Rising
/ Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTYangma Traditional Weavers bring Buddhist symbolism to rugsFor Buddhists the Phoenix possesses magical qualities: longevity, resurrection, the solar and alchemical fire. It...
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Versatile and Revered
/ Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTA Berber family tradition of carpetsFor centuries, the Berber people of North Africa have been known for their distinctive textiles. The origin of Berber carpets has been...
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Artistic Integrity
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTA bandhani master who knows the virtues of staying smallMaster bandhani textile artisan Abdulbashir Fakirmamad Khatri hails from a family of weavers in Bhuj, India....
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Intuitive Design
TextileFashion / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTTaking a riskMy work in textiles was a surprisingly natural progression and came at a time when I was looking for a fresh approach to my design and illustrative...
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True Colors
TextileNatural Dyes / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTWorld Masters of Natural Dyes and PigmentWhenever I think about color, I’m reminded of my mother and childhood in Mallorca. I close my eyes and see the...
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Coded Messages
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTStone-burnished palm fiber mats with ancient lineageAsociación Chimichagua began in 1995, in a region of northern Colombia that borders the Caribbean Sea. Named after...
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Decolonized Mind
TextileFashion / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTCreating opportunities with block printingI have worked with artisans in rural India for 30 years. Their incredible skills and sharp sense of humor inspire me to...
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Craft & Thrift
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINT Stitching the stories of the women of BengalSince the 8th century C.E., India’s Bengal region has produced elaborately conceived and meticulously woven cloth...
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Abundance Quilts
/ Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTTherese May’s Messages of HopeDuring the mid and late 1990s I made many art quilts heavily embellished with buttons, beads and sometimes polymer clay buttons. I spent days and...
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Living History
/ Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTItaly’s Ancient Textile-Printing MangleIn a tiny town near Italy’s Northeastern coast, the unique art of handmade, rust-printed textiles is still alive thanks to a piece of...
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Vivid Blue
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINT21st-century African indigo inspired by Dogon tie-dye patternsMaster textile artisan Aïssata Namoko of Mali first learned to sew from her mother, an accomplished...
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Death & Regeneration
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTNorma Minkowitz’s crochet explorationsFor many crocheters the round doily is one of their first efforts in creating a shape; for fiber artist Norma Minkowitz it’s the...
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Living Legend
TextileFashion / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTWeaving and embroidering pashmina perfectionMysterious and evocative are words that come to mind when studying the phenomenal textiles of Indian artisan Bashir...
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Phenomenal Nature
TextileArtifact / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTMrinalini Mukherjee’s modern sculptureCombining elements of modern sculpture, inspirations from nature and local Indian tradition, sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee...
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Red Soil, Green Meadows
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTKalamkari techniques inspired by natureMaster artisan Silpinwita Das partially grew up in Santiniketan, in a landscape she describes as “red soil, and meadows of lush...
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No Agenda
Textile / Gallery / EMAIL / PRINTJill Valezuela's perfectly imperfect botanical printsAs a mixed media artist I have consciously chosen to not have a specific agenda in creating my work. Instead, I...
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