Simone Elizabeth Saunders explores Black identity in relation to kinship, power, and survival.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/simone-saunders-hand-tufted-textiles/
textiles
Michelle Robinson weaves vibrant threads into geometric wall hangings that curve, puff, and meander.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/michelle-robinson-weavi/
Nosheen Iqbal stitches sculptural embroideries that draw on her Pakistani and Islamic heritage.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/nosheen-iqbal-embroidery-sculptures/
Whether curled up on the floor or enjoying a long-legged stretch, the subjects of Emily O’Leary’s rugs evoke our beloved pets. 🐶 💤
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/emily-oleary-dog-rugs/
Nicole McLaughlin draws upon the rich traditions of historically domestic crafts to reconsider their roles today, merging ceramics and textiles into elegant, cascading wall sculptures.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/nicole-mclaughlin-sculptures/
When Joana Schneider moved to The Hague, she began to visit the beach regularly, which became a fruitful source of inspiration for her coiled fishing rope sculptures.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/joana-schneider-rope-sculptures/
With constantly new trends appearing at seemingly affordable prices, the temptation to buy the latest goods can be overwhelming. But what impact is this having on our carbon footprint?
#FastFashion #Textiles #Clothes #Environment #Consumerism
https://primonatura.co.uk/what-is-fast-fashion-and-how-bad-is-it/
It’s tough to choose only 10 top articles for the year. Lucky for us, dear Colossal readers, you’ve helped pick the best. 🏆 Peruse 2024's most-read stories:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/top-articles-2024/
#archaeology #ceramics #drawing #landscapes #mosaics #painting #sculpture #textiles #artistsonmastodon #craft #design
A pair of New York exhibitions shed light on our distorted views of mass incarceration and explore the role of photography in the criminal justice system. “The one thing they could not take away or control was my ability to create,” artist Jesse Krimes says.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/jesse-krimes-monumental-installations/
#embroidery #foundobjects #installation #portraits #prisons #textiles
Sangmin Oh’s sculptural pieces revolve around the use of textiles to create knitted or woven shades for lamps and other objects.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/sangmin-oh-soil-to-soul/
#design #furniture #lighting #textiles #sustainability #yarn #installation
What does Intel’s Pentium computer chip have in common with Navajo textiles? Marilou Schultz merges ancestral loom methods with the patterns found on computer processor cores, entwining the histories of the Navajo people and modern technology.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/marilou-schultz-replica-of-a-chip/
#weaving #craft #design #history #computers #technology #indigenous #textiles #wool
Nearly 400 pages long, "Crafted Kinship: Inside the Creative Practices of Contemporary Black Caribbean Makers" peers into a range of multi-faceted practices influenced by the diaspora.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/crafted-kinship-malene-barnett/
Artist and activist Xenobia Bailey hand-crochets elaborate shooting stars, suspended shelters, and sacred forms.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/xenobia-bailey-aesthetic-of-funk/
Moises Salazar references LGBTQ+ history and their Mexican heritage through mixed-media portraits using a lush combination of glitter, faux fur, and sequins.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/moises-salazar-in-my-arms/
The idea is to “challenge traditional notions of space and structure,” John K. Raustein says.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/john-k-raustein-installations/
Vanessa Barragão continues to create fibrous iterations of coral reefs and marine biomes.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/05/vanessa-barragao-coral-collection/
"William Morris" teableau for 05/18/24
#Tea #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #CeylonTea #StDalfour #WilliamMorris #Textiles #Arts&CraftsMovement #DunoonBoneChina
Latest weave, called Departure. Not off loom, and the color is a little too bright.
#weaving #textiles #mastodonart #yarn #art
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Through the work of more than 60 artists, ‘The Golden Thread’ traces the rise of textiles in contemporary art.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/05/the-golden-thread-fiber-art/
An enormous, cascading installation of crocheted fabric strips stretches across a cavernous gallery in Ernesto Neto’s newest exhibition.
Ibrahim Mahama collaborates with hundreds of Ghanaian seamstresses to envelop the Barbican in purple fabric.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/ibrahim-mahama-purple-hibiscus/
Woven into Akea Brionne’s glimmery Afro-surrealist tapestries is an impulse toward sustainability.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/akea-brionne-tapestries/
Belated #introduction: I'm a #science #writer working in #scicomm at #SFU.
Outside of work a few things battle for my time: the collection of #poetry I'm writing, and my love of #textiles. I grow flax for linen and I'm #spinning #knitting #weaving my way through other fibres from my local #fibershed in Metro #Vancouver.
Other interests: #bikes #books #museum #urbanism #humangeography #materialculture #commodon #culturalstudies #socialscience #sciart #gardening #cooking #landback
Edited 2y ago
"Snakes On A Brain" teableau for 02/16/24
#Tea #Teableau #Teapot #Medusa #SnakesOnAPlane #VintageChina #VintageGlass #GlassArt #EAPG #GreekMythology #Textiles #Oolong #PeachTea #AdagioTea
#Introduction. I'm a volunteer metadata wrangler on #Wikidata primarily working in the areas of #dresshistory, #textiles, and other aspects of #MaterialCulture. Most of my work involves improving ontologies and adding references. Also interested in maps, manuscripts, history, and Elizabethan and Jacobean portraiture.