Victoria ManganielloJun 243 minThere is a Renewable Resource on your HeadMany of the textiles we use every day are made with natural fibers. Plant-based fibers like cotton or flax (linen) are popular and common...
Giovanna PedrinolaMay 54 minWeaving in Iraq’s Garden of Eden“If the nature of architecture is the grounded, the fixed, the permanent, then textiles are its very antithesis. If, however, we think of...
Giovanna PedrinolaMay 24 minHelene Rother – Women in Automotive Design“And even today, after six years (as a designer), the automotive industry is still unique in its lack of employing women in creative...
Victoria ManganielloMar 162 minHollyhock: Experiments in Natural Dye The history of color is as old as time but it's only in this modern era that the majority of our colors come from synthesized,...
Giovanna PedrinolaFeb 244 minProsthetics: Textiles Inside and OutWhen describing the human body, words such as flexible, malleable, and soft come to mind, and the same can be said about textiles. In the...
Giovanna PedrinolaFeb 2214 minAn Interview with Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros*The original interview done in Portuguese can be found below. In January 2022, I had the pleasure of meeting Maria Fernanda Paes de...
Giovanna PedrinolaFeb 114 minInnovation and Textiles in Sports“Modern performance textiles have changed the way people interact with the outdoors, enabling them to scale the tallest mountains, run...
Giovanna PedrinolaFeb 74 minSounds of WeavingWhat are the sounds that weaving makes? Does each loom and every weaver produce unique sounds? When thinking about weaving and textiles,...
Giovanna PedrinolaDec 24, 20214 minWords, Women and Weaving“The words “text” and “textile” share a common ancestor: the Latin “texere,” to weave. Similarly, “fabrica”–something skilfully...
Taryn HilsmanNov 4, 202115 minThe Khipu Knot Records of the AndesFigure 1 Khipu Cord from the Inka Period (1300-1532) [Museo Larco, "Los Quipus, Época Imperial,"ML60004, Lima, Peru] The khipu knot...
Giovanna PedrinolaNov 3, 20214 minFungi Fabrics: A look into the world of Mycelium and Textiles“Human societies have always pivoted around prodigious fungal metabolisms” – Merlin Sheldrake As humans, we tend to focus on our...
Althea HurwitzOct 19, 202118 minAn Interview with Carolina Arévalo KarlCarolina Arévalo Karl is an independent curator, educator, organizer, and artist based in Santiago, Chile. In Fall 2020, Althea Hurwitz...
Althea HurwitzOct 14, 202117 minAn Interview with Marilyn ZapfMarilyn Zapf is currently the Director of Programs and Curator at the Center for Craft in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, a national...
Rose White Oct 13, 20214 minMaria Montessori: Educator, Feminist, Icon Alison's Montessori Fabric Box It is not true that I invented what is called the Montessori Method. I have studied the child, I have...
Iris FavandOct 2, 20214 minWeavers and Spinners of Destiny in Northern European Mythology"Die Nornen" (1889) by Johannes Gehrts At the end of the Njáls saga — the Icelandic epic written in the 13th century — one can read this...
Giovanna PedrinolaSep 28, 20213 minPetra Blaisse: The Fluidity in ArchitectureWhat are the forms in which textiles and architecture can be combined? According to Petra Blaisse and what she expresses through her...
Victoria ManganielloSep 18, 20214 minOur World Wide Web“What do you think of when you think of Romania?” “Vampires and…Kraft_Made” is what I would have said if you’d asked back in early 2014...
Althea HurwitzSep 18, 20212 minGordon, Walker and Christian: Thoughts on ScholarshipBeverly Gordon: Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, and Significance; Gina Luria Walker: Women’s History: Galvanizing Marginality...
Victoria ManganielloSep 1, 20213 minCraft and Wikipedia The similarities between the production of textiles (and craft at large) with the production of Wikipedia are uncanny! Weaver, writer and...
Nicole Yi Messier Sep 1, 20215 minSwatchbooks as Prototyping ArchiveOriginally posted on Creative Stack: Episode 4: Forms Hook Functions When I explain to people that I’m using a knitting machine, they...