When Toni Ritchey-Ridella first attended a large Pittsburgh-area fiber arts show in 2008, she found herself awestruck. “I walked in for the first time, and my mouth was open, I thought, where do you ...

WANT TO SEE WEARABLE ART IN ACTION? Local fiber artist Mary Hertert will have her artistic creations on display in a “Wearable Art Fashion Show.” Set for Friday, Oct. 4, at Grand Junction’s Art Center ...

Half a century ago, women made quilts to keep their families warm, wove fabrics for clothing and embroidered phrases and flowers on cloth to be framed as wall decor. All attested to a woman’s domestic ...

From the clothes that keep us warm in frigid Inland Northwest winters to ornate tapestries that adorn living room walls and bring simple joy to our daily lives, fiber art surrounds us with its ...

Phenomenal Nature, Mrinalini Mukherjee (2019) at The Met Breuer, installation view (courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) In 1972, a young Mrinalini Mukherjee began making sculpture with ...

Last November, a traditional Tibetan thangka sold for $45 million at auction. Though the record-breaking tapestry is 600 years old, in recent years fiber art has seen a revival in the hands of ...

Hear the words embroidery, macrame or weaving and you might think of a grandma in a rocking chair. But fiber arts — creations made with thread, yarn and other materials — are getting a branding ...

Nestled in the historic cobblestoned streets of Manhattan's breezy Seaport District is an unsuspecting exhibition orienting us toward the future of contemporary fiber art. The Golden Thread: A Fiber ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 28-year-old fiber artist Fiona Simpson, who is neurodivergent, weaving is the one thing, "other than sitting down and ...

One of the oldest and most prestigious needle art shows in the Midwest is returning to the Chicago Botanic Garden Nov. 7-10. Fine Art of Fiber showcases the work of members of Illinois Quilters, Inc., ...

DENHAM SPRINGS — The versatility and variety of the many ways of working with fibers to create visual art is on display at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish’s Gallery at 133 Hummel St. near the ...