#WORLD TEXTILE ART

[cristinabcn]

ESTADOS UNIDOS: X BIENAL WTA PROGRAMA MIAMI EUA NOV 03-DIC 10 2022

ESTADOS UNIDOS: X BIENAL WTA PROGRAMA MIAMI EUA NOV 03-DIC 10 2022

[hestiashand]

everywan…… look at this lovely commission i got from @tomoyoo of sasuke weaving a tapestry at his loom ♡

[ ID: a full body digital drawing of sasuke kneeling in front of a large wooden tapestry loom. he has tan skin, moles, top surgery scars and is wearing his early shippuden outfit. he his half finished weaving a tapestry of a hawk soaring through the sky. the ground below him is yellow and fades into a white background. he has a basket of yarn by his side. END ID. ]

[mayonnaise-sock]

So late to this but here’s miku if she was a sydney high schooler

(This is based off the majority of girls from my high school)

I almost gave her a vape

[diabolicjoy]

tulip anatomy

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[xphaiea]

Talismans for the Great Mother,

she of the earth,

of myriad vegetative forms,

roots that slumber and twist and twine

dark fruit that hangs heavy on the vine

She of the beasts

Fanged, clawed, furred

in the feral cloak of motherhood

wombs that quicken, blood and brine

verdant heart of leonine

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Made with recycled/reused textiles as well as a variety of threads, bone and glass beads, textured paints and varnished elements.

Comes in a decorated box with corn stalks and handmade label.

© XPHAIEA/Tom Cherry June 2024

[my-brainhurts07]

Hey blog 👋

(IS THIS BLURY!!?)

[artblg2000]

Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within

Born in Hawaii to a Japanese émigré family, Takaezu, is a creator of worlds. From her upright cylindrical “trees” to her “moons” nestled in hammocks, her work reflects the natural universe and imagines new ones. The unseen rattles in her closed forms and the woven rugs that accompany her ceramic works add layer upon layer to her art.

[the-laridian]

(2012) World Map, old world style. This is one of the few pieces where I actually kept track of how long it took me, which was, 36 weeks, assuming 7 hours/week (1 hour daily). So, approx 252 hours. 

Which is why my parents saying "Oh, you could sell that!" is so disingenuous. No I couldn't. Not for anything like the value of the labor.

This piece includes seed beads, blending filament, and metallic threads, all of which are much easier to see in real life. 

[uncanny-tranny]

Part of why I think it's important to pick up a skill that requires challenge or skill is not only that it can be a great experience to have, but it teaches you so many things you never expected.

I've realized the reason I feel ancient crocheting is that this is a skill humans have been doing for thousands of years: textiling, cloth-making, and creating. Technology is amazing, don't get me wrong, but I think many people take for granted what technology has done for us, and we forget sometimes that these skills take work and effort, and continuous effort!

It doesn't matter what you pick up as a skill or craft, and you absolutely should do it in a way that accommodates you, but finding a skill or craft and doing it will teach you things you never considered.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldOrcaDay:

Chilkat blanket with Orca design, Tsimshian (Pacific NW Coast)

Twined weave; warp of yellow cedar bark & mountain goats' wool, weft of pure mountain goats' wool

Field Museum no. 19571 (photographed on display in 2022)

[bog-bitch]

Paraguayan ñandutí (spiderweb) lace from the collection of Jan and Marshall Johnson, photographed by Gail Harker

[discoidal]

Tropical Abattoir — Tamara Kostianovsky

[dozydawn]

Needlepoint embroidery (found works made from hobby kits, unpicked and reworked) by Matt Smith.

[rocketsimp]

Feeling fenced in.

Made some sewing inspired stone walls while I was in Yorkshire last week but the colour looks so pants I refuse to share.

[critterfloozy]

Vote on Suvi Yarn Base!

Help me choose the base for the Suvi Yarn!

No matter what, I'm planning to use these two pieces mini batts - the one on the left is random animal fiber, the one on the right is recycled sari silk (it's not obvious in the picture, but there's some little bits of red in there, for childhood thematic reasons). It'll be about 1.5 ounces together. For reference, both of those together will be about the same as either the brown or the silver in Eursulon's yarn.

Pictures under the cut:

Neighborhood Fiber Arts can be found here! All of them are 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Silk, because Suvi should be a silk blend

316 Dye Studio can be found here! This is a Merino/Alpaca/Camel/SIlk blend - fancy (and not that dissimilar to what Eursulon's yarn is made out of.

Honeygold Acres can be found here! They're merino and targhee, respectively.

[xphaiea]

GARDEN OF POISONS: HELLEBORE

textile art sculpture by xphaiea

Hellebore has long being valued for it's potent toxicity. In various tales from Greek mythology, hellebore is used to cure madness, the daughters of the king of Argos and Heracles were both cured of temporary insanity with hellebore.

In the Ancient World two varieties were recognised - 'black hellebore' used to treat paralysis, gout and other diseases, and 'white hellebore' believed to have been used as a purgative by Hippocrates.

Hellebore has also been used to repel evil from livestock, and when dried and ground, was believed to have the property of invisibility. Victorians viewed the plant as representing the concept of delirium.