Artists and Makers – Textiles, Fibers
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Textiles, Fibers
Textiles, Wearable
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Ami
Ami is a celebration of nature, the meticulous art of weaving, and the incomparable warmth and beauty of all things handmade. Her commitment to excellent craftsmanship and environmental stewardship shapes her work, leading her to produce items that are both visually stunning and environmentally conscious.
Carolyn Corrigan
Good Company Home is run by Carolyn Corrigan, a fiber artist specializing in woven , felted, and embroidered items for the home
Tim Eads
Rigid geometries and digital designs have been echoing through my work for decades.
HoKiera Faber
Holly Guertin
Holly Guertin creates dimensional, textural artworks primarily in wool through felting, crochet, and embroidery.
Dianne Koppisch Hricko
Dianne Koppisch Hricko is a printmaker and painter currently working with dyes on fabrics and paper.
IshKnits
My obsessive passion for yarnbombing has expanded into larger installations and different cities across the United States.
Juicebox Workshop
Using repurposed textiles, Julie creates wearable pieces and impressionistic landscapes that convey her passion for nature, memory, and creative reuse.
Betty Leacraft
She blends multiple techniques/processes creating works blurring lines between art quilts, wearable art, sculpture, and installation.
Mi-Kyoung Lee
Lee is a Professor and Head of the Craft and Material Studies program at University of the Arts. Her work is shown internationally.
Kate Leibrand
Philadelphia area artist Kate Leibrand creates textile-based artwork that is mesmerizing with its large-scale repetitious patterning.The dense mass of fabric forms are inspired by her interest in nature and its prolific ability to grow and regenerate.
Bonnie MacAlllister
Bonnie MacAllister is a Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of embroidery, felting, natural dyeing, and recycled textiles.
Melissa Maddonni Haims
Melissa Maddonni Haims creates knit graffiti, soft sculpture, and large-scale installations using knitted and crocheted yarns.
Nancy Middlebrook
When I started weaving more than twenty years ago, it was like falling in love, a homecoming.
Ally Messer
Ally Messer is an interdisciplinary artist and maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2017, Messer co-founded Laika Press, a cooperative, community-based print shop aimed at increasing accessibility to printmaking in the her hometown of Reno, NV. Messer holds a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Nevada, Reno and an MFA in Fibers and Material Studies from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
Claudia Mills Studio
Claudia Mills Studio designs and manufacturers one-of-a-kind handwoven pieces.
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers
The Philadelphia Guild of Philadelphia is a center for a wide range of fiber arts including weaving, spinning, felting, basketry, chair caning, embroidery, knitting & crocheting and much more.
Roantree Weaves
Ann Roantree designs and weaves of one of a kind and limited edition contemporary handwoven rugs and interior textiles.
Joyce Barker-Schwartz
Visceral 3D & 2D artwork which display geometric patterns carefully planned, graphed, and painted.
Gerri Spika
Gerri creates bold, luminescent color and anthropomorphic shape in pieced, printed and painted textile wall pieces.
Heather Ujiie
I create large scale panoramic landscapes that hang as “digital tapestries” and my work also integrates painting, fiber material play exploration of notions around the body and experimental fashion.
Weaver House
Weaver House is a yarn shop, textile studio and weaving school. We weave heirloom textiles in honor of craft tradition, to regain tactility and a hand-making consciousness within the home and in relation to the body.
Janell Wysock Textiles
Janell’s ambition is to compose high quality textiles that contribute to quality of life through projects using sustainable practices.
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