Blast from the Past: Teaching Macrame in a UAW chapter, 1977
Recently I came across a folder of images that I didn't even know was in my possession. At age 24, I was one of nearly 30 artists in the Bloomington…
Oaxaca Tales: Chavez Santiago Family Weavers & Galerie Fe y Lola
As part of the 10th International Shibori Symposium, we took a day-long tour of the area and visited with the Chavez Santiago family in the local weaving village of Teotitlan…
Oaxaca Tales: Jacobo Mendoza, Natural Dyeing on Wool
One of the highlights of the 10th International Shibori Symposium in Oaxaca, Mexico, was Traditions from Teotitlan: Optimizing Natural Dyes on Wool, a short, intense presentation by the Jacobo Mendoza family,…
35 years of textile samples, part 5: weaving, intaglio & miscellaneous
And how about all of those other areas of experimentation? I was once a weaver and a spinner, and I first learned to print and dye textiles because as a…