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More
work from our Sampling artists.
[Jan/Feb 2010]
At left: Conductor, 2008; DVD, sound, political newspapers, cotton, button; sewn, performance. Video shot in front of downtown Taipei City, the tuxedo is sewn of newspaper with headlines and articles about politics. |
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More
examples of Lisa Klakulak’s work from start to finish.
[Jan/Feb 2010]
At left: Stone Grid Cuff, 2009; merino and finn/rambouillet wool fleece, cotton thread; wet felted, handstitched, free-motion machine embroidered. 9" x 3" x 1". Photo: John Lucas. |
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Sampling: A
Showcase of Accessories
[Jan/Feb 2007]
Artists: Anastasia Azure, Anna Osmer Andersen, Nora Fok, Natalya
Pinchuk, Camilla Prasch, Marga van der Bos.
At left: Nora Fok, Calculator, 2002 |
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Anna
Fidler: New Works in Collage
[Summer 2009]
At left: The Sensualists. |
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Dutes
Miller and Stan Shellabarger
[April/May 2009]
At left: Untitled Silhouette (Conjoined Eleven).
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Photographed and Stitched: Artist
Books by Linda Grashoff
[Summer 2006]
At left: Real. |
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Sampling: Fiber-Based Postcard Valentines
[April/May 2010] |
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Sampling: Fiber-Based Postcard
Valentines
[April/May 2009]
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Sampling:
Fiber-Based Postcard Valentines
[April/May 2008]
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Sampling: Fiber-Based
Postcard Valentines
[April/May 2007]
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Sampling: A Showcase of Book Arts
[Summer 2005]
Artists: Allison Cooke Brown, Jette Clover, Katherine
D. Crone, Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord, Sharon McCartney, Gail Smuda.
At left: Gail Smuda, Hung Out to Dry. |
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Tamar Stone Corset Books
[Jan/Feb 2006]
At left: Pink Corset Book (untitled). |
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[Sep/Oct 2007]Artists: Mavin Staub Ambrose, Milisa M. Galazzi,
Arlene Gitomer, Lorraine Glessner, Daniella Hefter, Karen Henderson
At left: Milisa M. Galazzi , She is Still With Me |
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[Summer 2005]Artists: Sue Clancy, Ai Kijima, Lisa Kokin, Fran
Gardner Perry, Fran Skiles, Lynn Whipple
At left: Fran Skiles, Lands Edge III. |
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Lance
Letscher: Quiltlike Collage
[Summer 2004]
At left: Lance Letscher, Red Bar. |
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[April/May 2010]
At left: Robert Fontenot, Boxing Gloves. |
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Fiber Finds from the Kamm Teapot Collection
[Sept/Oct 2010]
At left: Elfleda Russell, Pure Elegance. |
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[April/May 2007]Artists’ studios are places of inspiration,
perspiration, creative retreat. Welcome to Fiberarts magazine’s online studio
tour and winning studios.
At left: Best Storage/Organization, Andi Arnovitz. |
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Handmade Histories by Marie Watt
[April/May 2010]
The work of Marie Watt is featured in our Summer 2010 issue. Here she shares her most recent series, Marker. |
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How
Lisa Telford Harvests Cedar Bark and Her Traditional Pre-Contact Clothing and
Basketry.
[Jan/Feb 2010]
At left: Twined Hat, 2006; red and yellow cedar bark; twined; 6" x 14". Photo: Jerry McCollum. |
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The
World Reclamation Art Project (WRAP)
[Nov/Dec 2008]
At left: The World Reclamation Art Project on display
in DeWitt, New York (just outside Syracuse), April 12– July 1, 2008. Photo:
Cathryn Lahm. |
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[Summer 2008]The Sampling department of our Summer 2008 issue
features textiles inspired by tradition.
At left: Wayang Cahaya (detail), Brahma Tirta Sari Utopia
Collaboration, 2000; hand-drawn batik on silk, wayang/kawang/ Utopia motifs; 118"
x 39". Photo: BTS. |
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Images
from editor Marci Rae McDade's First Anniversary Tea Party
[Summer 2009]
At left: Marci’s first year anniversary
cake, topped with a sugar version of the April/May 2009 Fiberarts cover! |
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Images
from editor Marci Rae McDade's summer fiber-art travels
[Nov/Dec 2008]
At left: Artist Mandy Greer gave contributing writer
Suzanne Beal and me a guided tour of her other-worldly solo exhibition Dare
alla Luce at the Bellevue
Art Museum in Washington on August 3. Photo: Christian French. |
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Untitled
#16 (Thread)
[Nov/Dec 2008]
At left: Marci gets swept up in the moment outside the
Denver Art Museum. |
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The
Language of Craft
[Nov/Dec 2008]
At left: The award-winning Haystack Mountain School
of Craft campus, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, was added to the National
Historic Register in February 2006. Photo: Amanda Kowalski. |
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Sampling: A Showcase of Fanciful Figures
[Sept/Oct 2010]
At left: Jan Huling, QeeSahib. |
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The
Figure
[Sept/Oct 2006]
At left: Nagakura Kenichi, Pure Elegance. |
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The Making of a Fabric Collage Landscape
[April/May 2010]
Sacramento, California artist Merle Axelrad Serlin is profiled in our Summer 2010 issue. She is well known for her realistic landscapes rendered in fabric collage.
At left: Merle Axelrad Serlin, California Ricelands.
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Bonnie Gale: Living Willow Sculpture
By Jo Stealey
[April/May 2010]
A nationally known willow basket maker, Bonnie Gale continues to explore her versatile natural materials in innovative ways.
At left: Bonnie Gale, Living Tree 1
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The
making of Janet Echelman’s She Changes
[November/December 2009]
At left: She Changes, 2005; painted galvanized steel
and Tenara Architectural Fiber. 160' x 300' x 240'. Praca Cidade Salvador, Porto,
Portugal. Image courtesy of Janet Echelman Inc. |
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Nick
Cave’s soundsuit videos
[November/December 2009]
At left: SOUNDSUIT, 2009. |
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Scott
Fife: The Making of Lionel Hampton
[Summer 2009]
At left: Lionel Hampton. |
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Film
& Fiber Favorites
[April/May 2009]
At left: Michel Gondry, Walkie Talkie Man |
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Mandy
Greer: Altered States
[April/May 2009]
At left: Snowball Chandelier and Snowdrift Rag Rug. |
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Persistent Visions: Moving Images by Andrea Dezsö
[April/May 2009]
At left: Heart. |
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John
Sims
[Summer 2009]
At left: still from The SquareRoots of the Master Quilt:
Poetic Reflections by Johannes-Curtis Schwarzenstein. |
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Labyrinths in Fiber by Ted Hallman
[Summer 2006]
At left: Ted Hallman,>Wrapping by Encircling.
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Fabric
and Glass by Vanessa Yanow
[Sept/Oct 2009]
At left: Vanessa Yanow, Collaborating with Her
Story—Incarnation I |
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Mixed-media
beadwork by Kym Hepworth
[Sept/Oct 2009]
At left: Keepsake (baby doll) (with detail),
2009, doll dress, beads, rhinestones, thread, found objects, quilt; 8⅛"
x 8⅜" x 3⅞". |
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More
work by our Sampling artists
[Summer 2009]
Recycled Art: Artists include Christine Atkins, Johnston Foster, Judi Gaston,
and Jacqueline Rush Lee.
At left: Jacqueline Rush Lee, Flutter. |
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Sampling:
Mixed Media with Beads
[Summer 2009]
Artists: Ann Baddeley Keister, Susan Aaron-Taylor, Amy Gross, Lisa Binkley.
At left: Amy Gross, Optimist’s Biotope
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The Tactile Tranquility of the Wetlands
[April/May 2010]
The work of Katherine K. Allen is included in our Summer 2010 issue. Here she shares some insight into her creative process.
At left: Katherine K. Allen, Song Twice Over.
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Sampling: Animalistic Art
[April/May 2010]
Artists: Annie Helmericks-Louder, Daniaelle Simonsen, Geoffrey Gorman, and Pat HickmanAt left: Geoffrey Gorman, Jacobita.
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Animal Stories by Anne Lemanski
[April/May 2010] The handstitched paper and fabric animal sculptures of Anne Lemanski call attention to the fragile state of many creatures that are nearing extinction today.
At left: Anne Lemanski, Golden Frog. |
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Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary
Expressions
[Nov/Dec 2004]
Sculpture/Baskets
Artists: Nancy Moore Bess, Judy Mulford, Carol Eckert, Jan Hopkins, Leah Danberg,
Ruth Greenberg, Gerri Johnson McMillan. At left:
Leah Danberg, Sing Out. |
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Of Flora and Fauna: Renee Harris
and Donna June Katz
[Summer 2006]
At left: Donna June Katz, Water Over Sky (with
details). |
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Jennifer Angus: Insect Patterns
Installation
[Nov/Dec 2005] At left:
Chiyogami, 2004. |
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Making Smiles with Machine Embroidery
Needlepoint
[Summer 2007]
At left: Cindy Hickok, Fresh Fish.
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Stephen Beal’s Color Memoirs
Needlepoint
[Summer 2007]
At left: Stephen Beal, The Periodic Table of the Artist’s Colors,.
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Vintage
Fabric Embroideries by Isabella Rengifo
Needlework
[Sept/Oct 2009]
At left: Isabella Rengifo, Doña Costura. |
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Sampling: Focusing on the Stitch
Needlework
[Sept/Oct 2008]
At left: Caroline Dahl, Shopping Mall Day of the Dead. |
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Behind the Reflections of
Margot Quan Knight
by Suzanne Beal
Quilting
[Nov/Dec 2010]
At left: Margot Quan Knight , Lambda print photographs of home interiors reflected in pieces of glass mirror arranged in a quilt pattern. |
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Creative Process: Denise Labadie
Quilting
[April/May 2009]
At left: Denise Labadie, Dolmen on Inishmore. |
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Margarita Cabrera: Collaborating to Create the Spaces in Between
[November/December 2010] At left: Image was taken in January 2010 during the month-long Spaces in Between project at Box 13 ArtSpace in Houston, Texas. |
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Linda Hutchins: Capturing Nature's Grace
[April/May 2010] At left:
Linda Hutchins, Jade Plant. |
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Linelle Dickinson: Sculptural Shifu
[Mar/Apr 2004] At left:
Linelle Dickinson, Untitled (Warrier's Armor Vest). |
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Student Showcase
[Nov/Dec 2010] At
left: June Kim, Red Thread Sculpture, 2010; red thread, six clear acrylic plates, wood base, white paint; hand sewing, laser cut acrylic; 17" x 14" x 25".
Photo: David Gin Lee. |
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More work
from our fifth annual student showcase finalists
[Nov/Dec 2009] At
left: Ilene Godofsky, Marta, 2009; Vandyke Brown photograph developed
on handwoven rayon and synthetic fabric; 15" x 17". Photo by the artist. |
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Student Showcase
[Nov/Dec 2008] At
left: Amy DiPlacido, Parenthis/ease, 2007; rolled cotton paper; dimensions
variable. |
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Student Showcase
[Nov/Dec 2007] At left:
Anna Kristina Goransson, Pathways. |
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Student Showcase
[Nov/Dec 2006] At left:
Amy Long, gold. |
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Velvet
and Shibori by Barbara Setsu Pickett
[Sept/Oct 2009] At
left: Barbara Setsu Pickett, Colony |
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Candiss Cole-Footitt’s one-of-a-kind handwoven Ikat/Shibori coat
[Winter 2010/2011]
At left: Candiss Cole-Footitt , Moonshadows |
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Berber Soepboer’s Treasuring Places wearable art collection
[Winter 2010/2011]
At left: Berber Soepboer , Treasuring Places |
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Taking Time for Textiles
by Janice Jakielski
[Sept/Oct 2010]
At left: Janice Jakielski , Dischdelfink |
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Art Apparel in Transformation
[Sept/Oct 2005]
At left: J. R. Campbell
and Jean Parsons, Transformation: Overload |
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Maria Blaisse
[Mar/Apr 2004]
Sculpture/Costumes
At left: Maria Blaisse, Rubber arms. |
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John Coffelt's Memory Clothing
[Jan/Feb 2009]
All images are reclaimed and miniaturized personal garments
and handsewn. Photo: Shawn Boley. |
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Maria Ezcurra's Enchando Flores (Throwing Flowers), from Caracas, Venezuela
[Jan/Feb 2009]
Performed at Centro
de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos (CELARG) in Caracas, Venezuela,
on November 25, 2008. |
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Post-Colonial Discourse in Garment Form
[Mar/Apr 2004]
Artists: Susan Stockwell, Elaine Reichek, Sue Blanchfield, Yinka
Shonibare
At left, Susan Stockwell, Pattern
of the World (detail). |
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Salad Dressing: Food in Fashion
[Jan/Feb 2005]
At left, Tokio Kumagai, Eating Shoes: Kobe
Beef Pumps.
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Keiler Sensenbrenner Simple Wardrobe blog entries
[Jan/Feb 2009]
At left: Twilight Skirt, ultra-suede
skirt and cotton T-shirt. |
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More of Laura Splan's new sculptural works
[Jan/Feb 2009]
At left: Laura Splan, Gloves #1, 2008; cosmetic
facial peel, mixed media; 1″ x 12″ x 3 1/2″ (each glove).
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Molly Sutkaitis's Wedding Dress
[Summer 2009]
At left: Molly and Tony Sutkaitis on their wedding
day, July 26, 1966
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Victoria May Blouse Series
[Jan/Feb 2005]
At left: Victoria May, Hair Shirt (detail). |
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Angelika
Werth's Madeleines
[April/May 2009]
At left: Angelika Werth, Fencing Dress #2: Ode
to Jeanne d’ Arc. |
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You Wear What You Eat: The Sociology, Politics, and
Joy of Food
[Jan/Feb 2005]
At left, Susanne Lechler-Osborn, Why I Grew
So Tall. |
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3-D Animation Becomes a
Jacquard Weaving
[Nov/Dec 2010] At
left: Claudia Herbst-Tait, A digital still image captured from the high resolution 3-D animation, used to create the weaving 3D Fiber #9. |
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