Textile Art & Education

05/02/2025

While seashells aren't typically processed directly into the fibers of most common textiles like cotton or wool, they are increasingly finding innovative uses in the textile industry in a few key ways...

06/19/2024

Great space for hybrid a virtual projects. The Daily Desk

05/27/2024

1Memorial Day: Celebrating American Textiles & the U.S. Military 26 May 2023 /in TIN Blog Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to honor the lives of those who have died serving our country as a member of the U.S. military. It is a day dedicated to their heroic sacrifices based on a belief in American...

05/27/2024

The thread of our nation. Happy Memorial Day.

1Memorial Day: Celebrating American Textiles & the U.S. Military 26 May 2023 /in TIN Blog Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to honor the lives of those who have died serving our country as a member of the U.S. military. It is a day dedicated to their heroic sacrifices based on a belief in American...

03/02/2024

01/09/2024

Textiles & Tea Each week the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) hosts Textiles & Tea, a conversation with some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today. In our 45-minute discussion we focus on their artwork and their creative journey. We allow 15 minutes at the end of our convers...

11/15/2023

Gaza now needs the gauze of peace, care and understanding to cover its mortal wounds given by Israel.

10/15/2023

09/17/2023

TBA

06/04/2023

They once dressed "the blue men of the desert", but modern tastes and insecurity could spell their end.

05/07/2023

Catherine McKinley traveled through nine West African countries a decade ago to track the history of indigo, the blue dye that was made very valuable by the African slave trade. Host Michel Martin speaks with McKinley about her book Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World.

03/07/2023

Are you one of those textile artists who has constant creative epiphanies? When one artwork is complete, the muse magically...