Textile sculpture

“Volume Project…” by Kincső Tóth acceptable grad work, very good undergrad, amazing/exceptional high school/AP work. Representational sculpture model.

The artist’s act of pulling materials apart and stitching them into a new form creates a tangible bridge between the past and the present.

I have been teaching on-line classes since 2009 and have chosen not to use a dedicated platform to do this- mainly because I want to keep the groups smallish and also friendly . In the on-line sphere the feel of a class is very different to teaching in the flesh. When you teach in the flesh you can read a room, you can tell who needs a little help, you can tell when you need to take a stop to explain s0mething a bit bettter than you might have, you need to make everyone feel included as much…

Tremulous alternate view

Anni Albers, Gunta Stölzl, and Marli Ehrman pioneered weaving as a fine art and mentored textile artists from Sheila Hicks to Lenore Tawney.

ORGANIC, CONTAINED LINE. WIRE SCULPTURE torso by gretchen bettes

cocoon

Vanessa Barragão (previously) recycles unused yarn from the textile industry to produce wall hangings and rugs that imitate the structure of coral reefs. Her recent work, Coral Garden, addresses the scale at which this massive industry pollutes the environment by forming an immersive installation created from an artisanal rug factory’s deadstock supplies. In the production of her sculptural rugs and tapestries Barragão attempts to be as ecofriendly as possible. More