Sheila Hicks is one of the innovators who revolutionized fiber art in the 1960s. She did large, commissioned projects and designed upholstery fabric for the Knoll furniture company, but always wove miniatures on a handmade frame loom that she carried with her.
The Bard Graduate Center in NYC had a wonderful retrospective exhibition of Ms. [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Sheila Hicks exhibit – last call
October 26, 2008
2008 Weave of the week #13: Boo! and Meeeow
October 25, 2008
A whimsical worsted doublecloth, with cats. See my Gallery page for the reverse side. Happy Halloween!
2008 Weave of the week #12: Trendy tartans
October 18, 2008
When I worked in the textile industry, tartan plaid reference books were important design tools because Scottish tartan plaid fabrics were perennials, especially for children’s wear. We re-colored, simplified, enlarged, reduced, and brushed them to make them look “new.”
And now the Clan tartan patterns — which were developed in the Scottish Highlands centuries ago, when [...]
2008 Weave of the week #11: Ribbon magic
October 13, 2008
“There is a pleasant abandon in ribbons. And like all frail and lovely things they have a hold on life that coarser woollen stuffs cannot boast!”
Paul Rodier wrote that in the 1930s about French ribbons. He was writing about the era of Cardinal Richelieu, but I think the statement applies to the modern woven unicorn [...]
2008 Weave of the week #10: A French tweed
October 5, 2008
The last few days have been autumnal in NYC, and Chanel showed its spring 2009 collection in Paris Friday, so this week’s featured weave is a cold-weather swatch from my collection, of a cozy vintage French tweed. It is a type of tweed that Coco Chanel popularized for collarless jackets and suits starting in the [...]
Serendipity @ the Brooklyn Museum
October 1, 2008
I was unfamiliar with Ghada Amer’s work until I accidentally (I was looking for something else entirely) joined a tour of her exhibition that was led by the artist herself and Dr. Maura Reilly, Curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, where Ms. Amer’s exhilarating exhibition can be seen until [...]
