We are excited to share a new Featured Artist Series of fiber artists from the past and present. For our first post, we're highlighting Sheila Hicks, as we are especially inspired by her striking use of color, inherited through her travels around the world.
Marion Weymes is a self-taught tapestry weaver taking inspiration from nature and everyday encounters to reconstruct endless forms of crafts.
images of the process and result of designing and creating woven jackets by friends of light weaving cooperative
Memory Quilting with intention, which I call Passage Quilting, is a process that mirrors the natural process of bereavement to heal the heart during times of loss and transition in an embodied way.
Arounna Khounnoraj is a self taught fiber artist that turned to textiles after graduating from college and has never looked back.
Maternitat tapestry maternal symbol. The return to the bosom of the earth marks, like all death, the prelude to a new birth.
The mola is a multilayered textile art form and metaphor for the story of the Kuna, indigenous people of Panama. With over 890 images covering more than a century of molas, this book provides insights into design sources and influences for molas, perspectives on the aesthetic practices of women creating them, and hints for collecting and preserving this colorful textile art form. The hand-appliquéd art panels tell the tale of the Kuna women and are symbolic of their artistry, observation, and beliefs. Their lush tropical paradise, cultural cosmology, sense of humor, and exposure to foreign elements are represented in these fascinating fabric designs. A brief history of Panama and its rich tradition of indigenous arts place the mola in context.
Discover Billie Zangewa's unique silk tapestries, blending personal narratives with art, reflecting on race, motherhood, and gender roles.
Jette Mellgren Jette Mellgren Sebastian Cox The Spaces ULF MEJERGREN Architects UMA Alexandra Bircken Museum Brandhorst Josep Mercader tramats Leeroy New Konstruk
Molas, made of labyrinth-like geometric designs as well as animal and plant guardians, are important for protecting against negative forces. This is a tradition that has been passed down by the elders of the Tule Kuna community. The Tule Women create Molas by cutting and sewing designs into layers of colorful fabric. The Mola is traditionally worn by women, using an identical Mola on the front and back of their torso as protection not only for themselves but also for their whole family. Molas transmit love, peace, tranquility, and fraternity among all beings in nature, including animals and plants. The bright colors are very important to emanate joy and love. Details Size: 11 inches wide by 9 inches tall Would look great in a floating frame! Artisan Group: Artesanías Tule Kuna is made up of women artisans from the Ipkikuntiwala reservation located in the northwestern coastal region of Colombia close to the border of Panama. These women are the grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, and wives who carry the ancestral legacy of the Tule Kuna culture through the woven wisdom of the Mola.
