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Fiber Focus
http://fiberfocus.blogspot.com/
The focus here is on fiber. Not granola, but textiles, embroidery, threads, straw, weaving- that kind of fiber. Special interests include ethnic and tribal textiles, art quilts, and the cultural context of fiber products in different societies.
- Added on: May 9th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Rayela Art
- Listed in: Fibre Interior Design
- Tags: vintage rugs quilts ethnic textiles remnants
Recent Posts
Rayela Art and HeART of Healing Gallery Bring the World of Textiles to Paducah!
Handmade ornaments from Thailand, India and IndonesiaDr. Christi Bonds and I, Rachel Biel, have a passion in common: textiles! Both of us are members of Paducah Fiber Artists, a group that meets monthly for show and tell, potluck and support.&n...
40 Acres Art Gallery Displays Quilts by African-American Quilters
Marion Coleman, Susan #3, 2006Stitched fiber collage portrait, 63 x 53 inchesby Donna HussainA collection of quilts sewn by African-American quilters from northern California has been on display at the 40 Acres Art Gallery in Sacramento, Califo...
The Fiber Focus Group, Entrepreneurs with Handmade Gifts from Around the World!
Alabama Chanin, Alabama Beret, $80 USASeveral months after I started this blog, I felt the need for a community of fiber artists and fair trade people who might use the group to share the experiences of their communities, serve as a critique fo...
Kuchi Nomads: Today\'s Trail of Tears
Kuchi Woman and Child, Wild Bohemian WorldOften lumped together in the same group with the Banjara and other nomads, the Kuchi of Afghanistan are mostly Pashtun, linked together through culture and tradition, more than by ethnic roots. I ...
Shameless Self-Promotion for Rayela Art: Free Shipping!
A friend posted on Facebook that the lines had been forming in front of Best Buy early yesterday and that there were even many tents... It always strikes me as such a testament to our screwed up values when people will suffer the weather or dis...
Giving Thanks for Our Broken World and Hoping for Peace
Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States. A day when most of us spend time with people we love, eat too much and hopefully think about all that we have to be thankful for in our lives. It's a messed up world. War, hunger and ...
