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  2. Toshiko MacAdam - Wikipedia

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    MacAdam's work is often described as 'fibre art' which became a widely accepted art form in the 1970s. 'Fibre Columns/Romanesque Church' and 'Atmosphere of the Floating Cube' are two early pieces by the artist that were influential in the fibre art movement, and were featured in books such as 'The Art Fabric Mainstream' by Mildred Constantine & Jack Lenor Larsen.

  3. Fiber art - Wikipedia

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    Fiber art (fibre art in British spelling) refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labor on the part of the artist as part of the works' significance, and prioritizes aesthetic value over utility.

  4. Sherri Smith (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Sherri Smith (born 1943) is an American fiber and textile artist, weaver, sculptor, and educator. [2] She is one of the pioneers within the field of fiber art since the late 1960s. [ 3 ] Smith taught for many years at the University of Michigan (UMich) in Ann Arbor, where she is the Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor Emerita .

  5. Textile arts - Wikipedia

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    While plant use in textile art is still common today, there are new innovations being developed, such as Suzanne Lee's art installation "BioCouture". Lee uses fermentation to create a plant-based paper sheet that can be cut and sewn just like cloth- ranging in thickness from thin plastic-like materials up to thick leather-like sheets. [13]

  6. Handweavers Guild of America - Wikipedia

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    Today, Convergence® is a prominent biennial conference that brings together thousands of fiber arts enthusiasts to enjoy exhibits by artists from around the world, take seminars and workshops by prestigious and innovative leaders, build community, tour artist studios, and shop at a fiber art marketplace. Resources

  7. Dorothy Caldwell - Wikipedia

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    In 1980 she participated in a fibre-artists interchange at the Banff Centre and made the switch from painting to textile art. [7] Upon receiving a research grant in 2007, she travelled to India to study women’s co-ops and Kantha stitching. Her research has also brought her to Japan, Australia, and the Canadian Arctic. [8]

  8. Mary Jackson (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Mary Jackson (born 1945) is an African American fiber artist. She is best known for her sweetgrass basket weaving using traditional methods combined with contemporary designs. A native of coastal South Carolina and a descendant of generations of Gullah basket weavers, Jackson was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 2008 for "pushing ...

  9. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Textile arts and fiber arts include fabric that is flexible woven material, as well as felt, bark cloth, knitting, embroidery, [1] featherwork, skin-sewing, beadwork, and similar media. Textile arts are one of the earliest known industries. [1] Basketry is associated with textile arts. [2]

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