Mixed Media Textile Art in three dimensions by Ann Goddard Ann Goddard’s Introduction lays out what her intentions are with this work, explicitly clarifying and owning her unusual approaches to art-making. “A friend described me as working with ‘extreme mixed media,’” and indeed she does. Further, she declares her practice as ‘hybrid’, quoting Laurie Britton …

I am interested in using materials related to medical gender transition, exploring what it means to take up these tools for my own purposes, not as the doctor or surgeon, but as the individual on the other end of the syringe or scalpel. I am always thinking about the web I am caught in as …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

On Mending: Stories of damage and repair by Celia Pym Mending has always seemed a chore to me. While I enjoy the meditative process of needlework, I’ve never achieved any sentiment other than a satisfactory, “Well, that’s done,” feeling when a hole has been repaired. After reading On Mending: Stories of damage and repair by …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

Surface Design Association is excited to announce Modern Weavers / New Spirit, our Summer 2025 edition of Surface Design Journal. This issue takes a deep dive into contemporary weaving while acknowledging a long list of modern innovators whose threads can be located in contemporary approaches. As Patricia Malarcher points out, “textile art produced since the …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

Mauka to Makai: Hawaiian Quilts and the Ecology of the Islands edited by Marenka Thompson-Odlum This group of essays is a companion to a commissioned collection of fifteen Hawaiian quilts at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford in the UK. In this book editor Marenka Thompson-Odlum opens with narratives from each of the collective …

Colorful, garish, and joyful worlds made primarily from fiber and mixed media are at the center of my work. I utilize a variety of needle and wet felting techniques, which allows me to produce unique textured painterly images with a high degree of precision and detail, often coupled with mixed media elements to create sculpture …